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KHMER  I-amily  Newsletter  Volume  I  Number  2  August  1997 


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The  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  located  at  803  Bedford  St.  in 
Fall  River,  is  a  three  floor  building  with  25  rooms  for 
programs.  We  offer  daily  drop-in  activities  for  boys 
&  girls  between  the  ages  of  5  and  16. 

Our  main  areas  consist  of  a  swimming  pool,  a 
gymnasium,  2  game  rooms,  a  ceramics  shop,  a 
computer  lab  and  a  library. 

The  main  purpose  of  the  club  is  youth  development. 
The  staffs  main  job  is  to  help  today's  children  develop 
into  tomorrow's  caring,  responsible,  productive 
citizens.  To  accomplish  our  mission  we  use  our 
facilities  and  programs  as  our  "tools  of  our  trade." 

All  of  the  programs  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  are  designed  to  enhance  the 
development  of  boys  and  girls. 

For  more  information  about 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club 
please  call  (508)  672-6340 


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BUSINESS 


The  gift 
opened 

Boys  &  Girls 
Club  computer 
lab  powers  up 

By  BRIAN  J.  FONSECA 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  FirstFed 
Charitable  Foundation  Computer 
Laboratory  at  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  officially 
open  for  business.  Not  surprisingly,  its 
intended  users  wasted  little  time  in  wel¬ 
coming  the  center's  computers  to  their 
eager  fingertips. 

During  a  ribbon-cutting  ceremony 
on  Tuesday  afternoon,  FirstFed  offi¬ 
cials,  representatives  of  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  and  a  smattering  of  young 
club  members  celebrated  the  center’s  21 
new  computers,  three  printers  and  an 
Internet  connection. 

Lab  hours  will  be  offered  each  school 
day  from  3-9:30  p.m.,  and  Saturdays 
from  10  a.m.  until  4  p.m.  Plans  are  being 
developed  to  offer  adult  computer  class¬ 
es  at  the  lab  as  well. 

The  cutting  edge  computer  com¬ 
ponents  (including  a  nifty  quick-view 
video  camera)  were  purchased  through 
a  $75,000  donation  from  the  FirstFed 
Charitable  Foundation  to  the  popular 
youth  center,  with  the  club's  2.500  regis- 
ed  members  in  mind. 

Club  members,  many  of  whom  have 


.  ®lje  Herald  Neura 


Section 

Wednesday,  March  3, 1999 


Herald  News  Photo  by  DA  VE  SOUZA 


The  ribbon  was  cut  Tuesday  opening  up  the  new  computer  lab  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  From  left  are,  John 
O'Neill,  board  president  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  club;  Robert  F.  Stoico,  chairman,  president  and  CEO  of  the 
FirstFed  Charitable  Foundation;  Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club  and  Gary  J 
Vierra,  vice  president  and  chief  information  officer  of  FirstFed. 


no  computer  access  at  home  and  receive 
limited  computer  time  at  school,  will 
now  have  the  opportunity  to  learn  com¬ 
puter  basics  such  as  word  processing, 
how  to  properly  navigate  the  World 
Wide  Web,  and  receive  assistance  on 
subjects  they  may  be  taking  at  school. 


Robert  F.  Stoico,  chairman,  presi¬ 
dent  and  chief  executive  officer  of  the 
FirstFed  Charitable  Foundation,  said  he 
was  thrilled  to  witness  the  long-planned 
day  finally  arrive.  “It's  just  an  incredi¬ 
ble  feeling.  This  computer  center  is 
going  to  help  these  kids  be  better  pre¬ 


pared  for  their  school,  then  Durfee 
(high  school),  and  when  they  go  on  to 
college.  We  at  FirstFed  are  very  pleased 
we  can  do  this  for  kids  of  the  communi¬ 
ty.” 

^  Turn  to  COMPUTERS,  Page  B3 


Local  Sports  in  Brief 


SWS  ice  hockey 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Pee  Wee 
Blues  visited  Barnstable  and 
returned  home  with  a  3-3  tie  last 
weekend. 

Nate  Dupere.  David 
Mendonca  and  Tyler  Chase  had 
a  goal  and  an  assist  apiece  for 
the  locals,  who  also  got  a 
tremendous  effort  in  net  from 
goalie  Claris  Parayno,  who  pre¬ 
served  the  tie  by  coming  up  with 
a  huge  save  on  a  penalty  shot. 

The  Squirts  *A’  squad  fell,  3- 
2.  to  Barnstable  and  battled  to  a 
2-2  tie  vs.  Martha’s  Vineyard. 

Goalie  Christian  Helge, 
faced  better  than  50  shots  in  the 
two  games  and  was  outstand¬ 
ing.  Neil  Carey  found  the  net 
three  times  in  the  two  games 
and  picked  up  a  pair  of  assists 
while  Dan  Tierney  scored  once 
and  Nathaniel  Silveira  and 
Cam  Whitford  earned  assists. 


1.  (U-14  girls), 
n.  (U-9  boys),  3-j 
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3  p.m.  (U-10  glrlft).  3- 

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Field  2  -  2-3  p.i 
pm.  (U-11  girls) 

Field  3  -  2-3  p. 
p.m.  (U-12  boys). 

Field  4  -  2-3  p. 
p.m.  (U-8  girls) 

Field  5  -  2-3  p 
p.m.  (U-12  girls). 

Field  6  -  2-3  p.r 
p.m  (U-13  boys) 

Field  7  -  2-3 
p.m.  (U-13  girls) 

Gamesroom 

FALL  RIVER  -  T1 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Bo; 
and  Girls  Club  has  announct 
competitive  gamesroom  even! 

Every  Tuesday  ar 
Thursday  nights,  events  will  l 
held  at  the  club.  The  even 
include  billiards,  bumper  pot 
foosball  knock  hockey,  pir 
pong  (for  junior  and  intermec 
ate  members)  and  power  bo\ 
(for  Cadet  members). 

To  get  more  informatio: 
contact  John  P.  Ciull 
Activities  Director,  at  the  clu 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  hoop 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall 
River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  has 
announced  it  will  be  forming 
three  basketball  leagues:  a  Boys 
Junior  Division  (ages  9-12),  a 
Boys  Intermediate  Division 
(ages  13-16),  and  a  Girls  Division 
(ages  9-14). 

Thg  Boys  Division  will  con¬ 
duct  a  registration  night  on  Jan. 
22  at  5:30  p.m.  All  interested 
players  must  show  up  at  this 
time. 

The  division  will  play  host  to 
games  Tuesday  nights  and 
Saturday  afternoons. 

The  Boys  Intermediate 

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Division  will  hold  registration 
Jan.  23  at  5:30  p.m. 

All  Interested  players  must 

show  ujjjoh  that  night  ready  to 
play.  Games  in  that  division 
will  take  place  Wednesday 
nights. 

The  Girls  Division  will  hold 
registration  Jan.  31  at  5:30  p.m. 
Again,  all  interested  players 
must  show  up  on  that  night. 

There  Is  no  fee  to  partici¬ 
pate.  However,  all  players  must 
become  members  of  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club.  Membership  fee 
Is  $5. 

For  more  information,  con¬ 
tact  Kevin  Vorro  at  508-672- 
//WoP- 


ay  7/0  J, 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  rosters  arihbunced  <  Fall  River  Flyers  sink  Dolphins 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Bovs  &  Girls  Club  Shawn  Alston.  _ 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
has  announced  its  rosters  for  the  Junior  and 
Intermediate  Basketball  Leagues. 

Junior 

BLUE  DEVILS:  Keith  Alves.  Joe  Shaheen,  Keith  0„  Tyler 
Andrade,  Jordan  Aguiar,  Brian  Crossly,  Jahizz  Rawlins,  Kevin  Cabral, 
Brendan  Cabral. 

FRIARS:  Marquis  Hairston,  Jordan  Gagne,  Philip  Rodnques,  Tyler 
Roberts,  Douglas  Sousa,  Eric  Bergevin,  Greg  Correia,  Jamie 
Rezendes,  Sotharith  Mon. 

MINUTEMEN:  Kenny  Fanla,  Andrew  Pontes,  Danielo  Baptista, 
Jeremy  Cerossly,  Tyter  Whitehead,  Sonny  Mello,  Vernon  Flint,  Chris 
Fnas,  Stephen  Chaves. 

[  TARHEELS:  Ethan  Goncaio,  Andre  Reid,  Aaron  Dem,  Ralph 
rKloury,  Brett  Duarte,  David  Baptiste,  Prince  Ingham,  J  ~  ' 


Shawn  Alston 

JAYHAWKS:  Andrew  Sousa,  Nick  Cortez,  Trevor  Davis,  Jared 
Davis,  Luke  Farias,  Nathan  Reid,  Javandy  Mills,  Roman  Myrek,  Tanner 
Paquel. 


SIXERS:  Sammy  Young,  Carlos  Estrella,  Corey  Furtado,  J.J 
Nadeau,  Jason  Peckham,  EHrain  Izzary,  Gary  Alves,  Miles  Brian 
Frank  Stephenson. 

ROCKETS:  Junior  Jones,  Kevin  Frazier,  Andrew  Mendonca,  Chris 
Rodnques,  Nick  Silva,  Dino  PerTeira.  Joel  Proc.  Eric  Dias,  Norberto  G 

CLIPPERS:  Billy  Murchansen,  Shawn  Branco,  Joe  Vlerra,  Robert 
Chasse,  Jeremy  Brown,  Raymond  Callega,  Raheem  Stephenson 
Corey  Maitoza,  Matt  Rapoza 

RAPTORS:  Matt  Monlz,  Nu  Samrith.  Dominick  Shaw,  Ryan 
Garcia,  Sam  Hermans,  Tony  Medeiros,  Johnathan  Aguiar  Brian  Vierra, 
Brendan  Medeiros. 


national  8lyrnpic 


On  Friday,  the  International  Olympic  Committee  awarded  the  Canadian 
free-skate  team  a  gold  medal  after  a  judge  admitted  she  was 
pressured  to  vote  for  the  Russian  skaters,  who  won  the  gold  Monday 
despite  an  obvious  technical  error. 

What  do  you  think  should  have  been  done 
about  the  Olympics  judging  controversy? 


Donald 

Sinotte, 

Fall  River 

'  ,‘l  think  they 
should  investigate 
it.  It  looks  like 
;  there’s  something 
Wong  there.” 


John  Ciullo, 

Fall  River 


“I  think  it  should 
be  at  least 
reviewed.  If 
there’s  nothing 
wrong,  then  that’s 
the  end  of  it.” 


Peter 

McCarthy, 

Fall  River 

“I  think  they 
should  take  the 
subjectivity  out  of 
their  hands  and 
computerize  the 
judging.  It’s  all 
subjective  now.  If 
they  have  the 
means  to 
computerize  it, 
that  solves  it.” 


Bob  DeCoste, 

Fall  River 


“Absolutely  they 
should  investigate 
it.  It  seems  like 
two  judges  were 
speaking  to  each 
other  to  sway  a 
vote  for  a  person  of 
their  choice,  and 
it’s  supposed  to  be 
about  who 
performs  the  best." 


Fall  River  finishes  third 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  13-15  girls'  basketball  team  placed  third  in  the 
Southeastern  New  England  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
Championships,  Fall  River  downed  New  Bedford 
40-38  before  losing  to  Cumberland/Lincoln  50-38  in 
the  semifinals. 

Against  New  Bedford,  Jasmine  Murchansen 
scored  five  of  her  game-high  lSpoints  in  the  final 
minute. 

Alana  Jullian  added  11  points,  while  Monica 
Veloza  and  Liz  Arruda  bagged  six  each. 

In  the  loss  to  umberland/Lincoln,  Jullian  netted 
14  points,  Kim  Cabral  six,  and  Murchansen  and 
Vanessa  Andrade  rebounded  well. 


Boys  Club  ping  pong 

FALL  RIVER  —  In  Junior  Division  pi. 
pong,  Ken  Fanfa  posted  a  21-17  win  over 
Raphael  Wright  to  earn  nine  points,  while 
Wright  was  the  runner-up  with  seven  points 
and  Jonathon  Sanchez  collected  four  points. 

In  the  Intermediate  Division,  Efrain 
Irizarry  topped  Louis  Carvalho  to  earn  three 
points. 

In  the  Cadet  Division,  Brittany  Benjamin, 
Lilliana  Ortiz  and  Jenna  Scottson  shared 
first  place,  each  with  six  points,  while 
Stephanie  Dupree  and  J’Keya  Lynch  each  fin¬ 
ished  with  four  points. 

Marques  Turner  and  Jeremy  Folger  each 
scored  three  points  and  Nyasia  Holmes, 
Joshua  Paiva  and  Cesan  Trocha  each  had  two 
points. 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Flyers  swim 
team,  representing  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  recently  defeated  the  Seekonk 
Dolphins,  225-78. 

Fall  River’s  top  finishers  were: 

8  &  Under 

BOYS:  Jack  Grace.  1st  In  freestyle  (20.15)  and  backstroke 
26  17;  Jared  Batista,  second  In  the  breaststroke  and  fourth  in 
(reestyle. 

GIRLS:  Britney  Benjamin,  first  In  the  butterfly  (33.65); 
Cassandra  Benjamin,  lirst  In  the  breaststroke  (27.28);  Courtney 
Dias,  lirst  backstroke  (31.11),  second  freestyle;  Kristen  Montouri, 
first  freestyle  25.12),  Jena  Francis,  second  backstroke;  B. 
Benjamin,  Francis,  C.  Benjamin,  Montouri,  tirst  100-yard  medley 
relay  (1:56.46)  and  first  100  freestyle  relay  (1:45.46). 

9  A  10 

BOYS:  Kyle  Couture,  first  Ireestyle  (43,36),  second  back¬ 
stroke,  Ben  Demeule,  first  backstroke  (46.37);  Isaac  Mello,  first 
breastslroke  (42.80),  tirst  100  individual  medley  (1:31.51);  Marcus 
Mello,  lirst  butterfly  (40.39),  second  Individual  medley. 

GIRLS:  Amanda  Couture,  first  backstroke  (49,29);  Kyla 
Looker,  first  butterfly  (49.06),  second  individual  medley;  Amanda 
Medeiros,  lirst,  (reestyle  (46,10),  fpurth  breastslroke;  Amy  Astle, 


second Jroestyle;  Hilary  Cabral,  third  breaststroke,  Melyssa 
Looker,  third  butterfly,  M.  Looker,  Cabral,  K.  Looker,  Couture,  first 
100  medley  relay  (1:31.49);  Astle,  Medeiros,  Couture,  Cabral,  first 
200  Ireestyle  relay  (3:09.20), 

11  A  12 

BOYS:  Chris  Demeule,  first  freestyle  (31.90)  and  lirs!  breast¬ 
stroke  (42.42);  Joseph  Shahee,  (irst  backstroke  (51.36),  third 
freestyle  (44.65), 

GIRLS:  Melanie  Brown,  first  backstroke  (40.21),  second  but¬ 
terfly;  Cassandra  Alves,  second  Individual  medley;  Nicole  Ast.\. 
second  backstroke,  fourth  freestyle,  Beth  Fournier,  third  freestyle, 
third  breaststroke;  Astle,  Brown,  Alves,  Fournier,  first  200  freest1  >e 
relay  (2:38.70). 

13  A  14 

BOYS:  William  McGuInness,  first  (reestyle  (1:03.11),  first 
backstroke  (1:15.01);  John  Brown,  first  breaststroke  (1:45  47), 
second  Ireestyle;  McGuInness,  Brown,  Nicholas  Gouvela,  Zach 
Cabral,  (Irst  200  medley  relay  (2:32.7). 

GIRLS:  Jessica  Robinson,  first  200  Individual  medley 
(3:04.99),  first  breaststroke  (1:22.14);  Samantha  Ramos,  second 
Ireestyle, 

15-18 

BOYS:  Jell  McGuInness,  first  200  Individual  medley,  1st 
breastslroke  (1:22.14). 


New  hoop  league  in  works 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  will  launch  a  six-team  girls 
basketball  league  this  season. 

Rosters  for  the  league, 
announced  Tuesday,  are  as  follows: 

Celtics:  Carolyn  Curtis, 
Vanessa  ReiS,  Kayla  Silva, 
Kaitlyn  Perry,  Zacqueline 
Conville,  Allison  Rossina,  Tasha 
Folger,  Tara  Pesiano. 

Lakers:  Marissa  Fernandes, 
Lashonda  Tasby,  Shayna 
Manchester,  Amanda  Thibeault, 
Jessica  Thibeault,  Nicole 
DeCosta,  Kayla  Baker,  Alisha 
Correia. 

Liberty:  Liz  Arruda,  Brianna 
Rossina,  Ashley  Woods,  Brittany 
Caine,  Amanda  Cioe,  Elizabeth 


Rego,  Amanda  Pestano,  Alicia 
Tavares,  Asia  Phelan. 

Sparks:  Jasmine 

Murchinsen,  Vanessa  Andrade, 
Micah  Scott,  India  Scott,  Brittany 
Rogers,  Brandi  Stephenson, 
Nicki  Pavao,  Kasey  Edge, 
Ashley  Cabral. 

Mystics:  Alana*  Jullian, 

Victoria  Estrella,  Ashley  Reis, 
Stephanie  Bourguignon, 

Jasmine  Proc,  Brittany  Moniz, 
Stephanie  Vertentes.  Tanisha 
Almeida,  Erica  Looker,  Kyla  , 
Looker. 

Comets:  Monica  Veloza, 
Victoria  Reis,  Kim  Tavares,  Kayla 
Lima,  Michelle  Bourguignon, 
Brittany  Knight,  Jessica  Veloza, 
Kim  Cabral,  Jocelyn  Mello. 


Boys  Club  contest 

FALL  RIVER  —  The 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  held  a  Power 

Bowl  contest  recently  for  Cadet 
memebrs. 

The  first  place  winner  was 
Marquis  Turner  with  nine 
points.  Kraig  Teixeira  finished 
second  (7)  with  Terell  Dubois 
third  (5)  and  Stephanie  Dupree 
fourth  (3). 

In  Bumper  Pool  action. 
Amanda  Alves,  Amy  Giliari, 
Bill  Lynn  and  Juan  Rebello  all 
finished  with  six  points  to 
share  top  honors.  Robert 
DeMello,  Cheyanne  Hranko, 
Victoria  Pendleton  and  Tyler  . 
Sergant  collected  four  points, 
apiece. 


Fall  River’s  David 
Batiste  gets  some 
airtime  as  he 
drives  past  New 
Bedford’s  Liquan 
Arnold,  back,  and 
William  Stylos 
during  halftime  of 
Saturday's  UMass 
Dartmouth  bas¬ 
ketball  game. 

Rival  teams  from 
each  city’s  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  mixed  it 
up  in  an  exhibition 
game. 


Shooting  Star 


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Thomas 

Kozak, 

Fall  River 

:  “I  think  they 
■'  :  should  review  it 
:  as- they’re  doing, 
.'and  give  it  to  the 
;  Canadians  and 
-take  it  away  from 
-the  Russians.” 


Keith  Cabral, 

Fall  River 


“I  think  the 
Canadian  couple 
got  robbed.  I 
think  they  should 
do  the  whole 
thing  over,  from 
the  get-go.” 


Paul  Lyons, 

Tiverton 


“I  think  the 
Canadians  should 
have  won  it.” 


Pauline 

Janelle, 

Fall  River 

“I  think  they 
should  investigate, 
because  I  think  the 
Canadians  should 
have  won.” 


Herald  News  Photo  by  DAVE  SOUZA 


A  good  day  to  play  inside  n ->/»» 

The  cold  weather  doesn’t  stop  Monica  Botelho.  11,  from  enjoying  some  time  in  the  water.  Botelho  shoots  some  baskets  at  a 
spec'ai  hoop  at  the  end  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  pool,  on  Bedford  Street  in  Fall  River,  before  her  swim  lessons  beqin  on 
Wednesday.  After  a  bit  of  Indian  summer  last  week,  temperatures  have  been  in  the  low  40s,  though  today  it  should  go  up  to  55 


"baelic  Storm  headlines  Boys  &  Girls  Club  fund-raiser 


Herald  News  intern 

FALL  RIVER  —  The^and 
Gaelic  Storm  may  have  made  its 
mark  in  a  film  about  a  sinking 
ship,  but  the  Fall  River  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  is  hoping  a  concert  by 
the  dynamic  group  will  help  to 
buoy  fund-raising  attempts. 

Movie-goers  may  remember  the 
group  from  the  scene  in  the  film 
‘'Titanic”  in  which  the  two  main 
characters  enioytheir  first  dance 
together. 

#The  Boys  &'  Girls  Club  will  host 
a  benefit  concert  at  the  Venus 
DeMilo  Restaurant,  Swansea,  on 
Thursday^  March  7.  Proceeds  from 
the  concert  will  benefit  expansion 
of  the  cbtb  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Executiijfc-Director  Peter  McCarthy 
says  community  support  is  impera¬ 
tive  to  the  continued  success  of  the 
club.  And.  in  turn,  the  success  of 
the  community  is  contingent  upon 


the  amount  of  support  the  club 
offers  to  the  community’s  youth. 

The  club,  McCarthy  explains,  is 
expanding  to  accommodate  the 
ever-growing  needs  of  the  city’s 
children. 

"When  the  program  was  first 
introduced,  it  served  about  75  kids 
at  once.  Now  the  program  serves 
double  that  number.”  McCarthy 
says. 

In  a  time  when  many  parents 
are  working  long  hours  to  make 
ends  meet,  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
has  become  an  affordable,  safe 
place  for  their  kids  to  spend  time 
once  school  is  over.  McCarthy  says. 

Club  directors  are  relentless  in 
making  sure  these  kids  are  not  let 
down;  however,  the  club  itself  is 
limited  by  its  facility.  The  club 
needs  a  bigger  and  more  efficient 
kitchen  to  better  handle  the  meals 
that  need  to  be  served  each  day, 
McCarthy  says. 


In  addition  to  the  meal  program, 
directors  are  finding  an  increasing 
need  for  a  teen  facility  within  the 
club.  McCarthy  says  more  teens  are 
attending  the  club.  Consequently, 
until  8  p.m.,  14-year-olds  share  the 
same  space  with  6-year-olds,  and 
the  two  have  little  in  common. 

McCarthy  plans  to  create  a  teen 
recreational/learning  facility 
where  the  teens  can  have  appropri¬ 
ate  fun  and  pick  up  valuable  job 
and  learning  skills  that  will  benefit 
themselves  and  the  community 
once  they  are  old  enough  to  work. 

The  total  cost  for  the  expansion 
is  $3  million.  So  far,  the  club  has 
raised  about  $1  million.  The  con¬ 
cert  kicks  off  the  second  phase  of 
its  capital  campaign.  Admission  to 
the  concert  will  be  $20  reserved  and 
$25  at  the  door.  It  is  an  over-21 
event  only.  The  concert  will  be  at  8 
p.m.  Thursday.  March  7.  For  tick¬ 
ets,  call  508-672-6340. 


Gaelic  Storm,  best  known  for  its  role  in  the  film  ’Titanic,"  will  perform  in 
concert  Thursday,  March  7,  at  the  Venus  de  Milo,  to  help  raise  funds  for 
the  expansion  of  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


The  Herald  News,  Monday,  March  25,  2002 


CAMP  WELCH  | 
SUMMER  CAMP 

ALL  CHILDREN 
ages  6-14 

Registrations  for  Overnight  Camp 

Saturday,  April  6  starts  at  8:00  am 

Registrations  for  Day  Camp 

Sunday,  April  7  starts  at  9:00  am 

at  Boys  &  Girls  Club 

803  Bedford  Street 
Fall  River,  MA 

for  information  call  508-672-6340 


Submitted  Photo 

Children  from  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  took  in  the  Celtics  vs.  Wizards  game  on  March  10,  where  they 
met  the  team's  co-captain,  Antoine  Walker  (back  row,  center).  They 
were  guests  of  the  Walker's  Way  community  outreach  program,  which 
hosts  student  groups  at  each  Celtics’  home  game,  The  children  also 
received  a  Walker’s  Way  T-shirt  and  were  able  to  view  the  Celtics’  pre¬ 
game  shootaround. 


Beanarz  at  &utH>74-tr/Ma. 

Friars  advance  at  Chew 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Friars  defeated 
the  Blue  Devils,  38-36,  In  double  overtime 
to  advance  to  the  semifinals  of  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  Junior  Division  playoffs, 

Jordan  Gagne's  basket  at  the  buzzer 
tied  the  game  at  the  end  of  regulation  and 
then  Gagne  did  the  hero  act  again,  hit¬ 
ting  a  3-point  shot  at  the  end  of  the  first 
overtime  to  force  a  second. 


Boys  Club  foosball  tourney 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew  Memoria 
3oys  and  Girls  Club  held  a  foosball  tournamen 
-ecently. 

Winning  the  Junior  Division  was  Jonathoi 
3rabery  with  nine  points.  Mike  Bouy  and  Alex  Enos 
;ach  finished  with  six  points. 

In  the  Intermediate  Division,  it  was  Stewar 
_,eite  finishing  first  with  four  points.  Justir 
Medeiros  had  three  points  for  second  place. 


Comets  girls  team  JtriumpSu. 

FALL  RIVER  —  Jessica  Sow  -  or^d  12  points 
as  the  Comets  defeated  the  Spark  33.25,  in  Fall 
River  Boys  and  Girls  Club  girl'-  sketball. 
Monica  Tavares  added  eight  poir’  «nd  Kimberly 
Tavares  rebounded  well. 

Jasmine  Murchinson  netted  12  points  for  the 
Sparks. 

Liz  Arruda  netted  18  points  as  the  Liberty 
downed  the  Mystics,  38-12.  Ashley  Woods  and  Asia 
Phelan  added  six  points  each.  For  the  Mystics. 
Ashley  Reis  scored  eight  points. 


Girls  basketball  at  Boys  Club 

FALL  RIVER  —  Stephanie  Vertentes,  who  | 
led  her  team  with  eight  points,  connected  on  • 
a  free  throw  with  10  seconds  remaining  to 
help  Mystics  defeat  Sparks,  21-20,  in  the  Girls 
Basketball  League  at  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

Ashley  Reis  backed  Vertentes  with  sLx 
points  and  Jasmine  Proc’s  basket  with  30  sec¬ 
onds  remaining  knotted  the  score  at  20-20. 
Micah  Scott  led  the  Sparks  with  six  points. 

Kim  Tavares  swished  a  game-high  10 
points  to  pace  Comets  over  Liberty,  29-16. 
Monica  Veloza’s  all-around  performance  was 
a  key  to  victory.  Liz  Arruda  led  Liberty  with 
six  points,  and  teammate  Brianna  Rossina 


Chaw  Instructional  hoops 


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Led  by  Vanessa  Reis,  Amanda  Thibeault,  and  Carolyn 
Curtis,  the  Celtics  defeated  the  Lakers  8-6  in  the  first 
i  game  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls’ 
Club  Junior  Girls  Instructional  League. 

Nicole  DeCoste,  Lashonda  Tasby,  and  Cayla  Silva 
played  well  in  defeat. 

In  Girls  A  Division  basketball,  Jasmine  Murchison 
netted  20  points  to  lead  the  Sparks  past  Liberty  30-25. 
Ashley  Woods  and  Liz  Arruda  scored  eight  each  for  the 
Liberty. 

The  Sparks  also  downed  the  Comets  33-32  as  Crystal 
Souza  scored  10  points  and  Ashley  Reis  bagged  six. 
Monica  Veloza  scored  10  points  and  Jessica  Soares  eight 
for  the  Comets. 


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Boys  &  Girls  Club  basketball 

FALL  RIVER  —  Orlando  Feebles  and  Kenny  Fanfa 
each  scored  eight  points  to  lead  the  Minutemen  to  a  35-29 
victory  over  the  Friars  in  the  Junior  division  of  the  Fall 
River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Basketball  League. 

Jay  Robinson  and  Sonny  Mello  led  the  Minutemen  in 
rebounding.  Marquis  Hairston  had  eight  points  for  the 
Friars. 

The  Jayhawks  defeated  the  Blue  Devils,  32-25.  Nick 
Cortez  led  the  way  with  eight  points  and  10  rebounds, 
while  Javandy  Mills  added  six  points. 

The  Blue  Devils  were  sparked  by  Tyler  Andrade's  six 
points. 


Computer  class  offered  \ 

FALL  RIVER  —  An  advanced  computer  ' 
class  will  be  starting  at  6  p.m..  Monday. 

I  March  18,  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  Bedford  Street. 

There  will  be  seven  two-and-a-half-hour 
sessions,  each  Monday,  from  March  18 
through  April  29. 

The  course  is  geared  towards  people  with 
basic  computer  skills.  Areas  to  be  covered 
will  be  Microsoft  Word.  Microsoft  Excel, 
effective  and  efficient  use  of  the  Internet 
and  desktop  familiarity.  Special  individual 
attention  will  be  given  to  the  specific  needs 
of  students.  3}j'SJo^ l 

The  charge  for  the  course  is  $75.  payable 
the  first  evening.  Registration  is  required 
and  can  be  made  by  calling  Theresa  Burke, 
volunteer  coordinator,  60t  7, ’-9686. 


Indoor  soccer  champs 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys  & 
Girls  Club's  10-12  year-old  boys’  soccer  squad 
captured  the  indoor  soccer  championship  of 
the  Southeastern  New  England  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  tournament. 

The  locals  were  led  by  the  play  of  goal- 
tender  Wayne  Lewis,  who  held  two  teams 
scoreless  throughout  the  tournament. 

In  the  semifinals.  Fall  River  defeated 
Brockton  8-0.  Danielo  Baptista  sparked  the 
winners  offensively  with  a  pair  of  goals  and 
four  assists.  Kevin  Fanfa  and  David  Bqptista 
chipped  in  with  two  goals  and  a  pair  of 
assists  apiece.  Nuno  Gomes  and  Keith 
OmasafUnmi  each  added  a  goal.  Manny  Silva 
and  Eric  Bergivin  sparked  the  club  defen¬ 
sively. 

In  the  championship  game,  Fall  River 
rolled  past  New  Bedford  5-0.  Baptiste  (2  goals, 
2  assists),  Kyle  Lewis  (2  goals.  1  assist)  and 
Fanfa  (1  goal,  2  assists)  emerged  the  offensive 
ringleaders. 

Keith  Alves  and  Jordan  Gagne  turned  in 
outstanding  defensive  efforts. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  bumper  poo|-^ 

FALL  RIVER  -  Jeremy  Folger  and  Josh  Paiva  cam 
tured  first  place  in  the  Cadet  Division  of  the  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  bumper  pool  competition 
Ken  Fanfa,  Jessica  Folger,  Ray  LaRJoux,  Sonny 
Mello,  Joseph  Orosz,  Kaitlin  Perry  and  Igor  Pereira 

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Herald  News  Photo 
by  JACK  FOLEY 


Senior  Division  in  the  world.  At  tie 
of  2002,  Fall  River  had  326  active  sei 
members. 

“I’m  pretty  sure  we're  the  bi:;ge 
McCarthy  said.  “I  know  we’re  the  old 
Mr.  Chew,  he  was  well  ahead  of 
time.” 


come  here,  at  6:30,  7,  sometimes  6 
o’clock.” 

Costa  is  the  manager  of  Sagres 
Travel  in  the  city  and  the  Sunday  night 
[sports  reporter  on  Channel  20,  the 
Portuguese. Channel.  He’s  part  of  the 
intriguing  mix  of  characters  who  make 


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Jayhawks  win  Boys  Club  title 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Jayhawks  defeated 
the  Tar  Heels,  29-26,  in  the  championship 
game  of  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Junior  Basketball  League. 

Nathan  Reid’s  basket  with  15  seconds 
remaining  broke  a  tie  game  and  Roman 
Myreck's  free  throw  added  the  final  point, 

The  Jayhawks'  balanced  attack  was  led 
by  Nick  Cortez’s  nine  points  and  Andrew 
Souza’s  eight. 

Nuno  Gomes  and  Javandy  Mills  played 
superb  defense. 

Ralph  Kfoury  led  the  Tar  Heels  with  16 
points  while  Andre  Reid  played  a  solid  all 
around  game. 

Trevor  Davis,  Luke  Farias,  Tanner 
Paquet,  Jared  Davis  and  Mitchell  Mecure 
also  contributed  to  the  Jayhawks’  champi¬ 
onship  season. 

Bumper  pool  winners 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Chew  Boys  &  Gfrls 
Club  held  a  bumper  pool  tournament  recenb 

iy- 

Alex  Benjamin,  Brittany  Benjamin, 
Jeremy  Floder,  Jocelyn  Lora  and  Joshua 
won  the  Cadet  division, 

Alex  Enos,  Victoria  Estrella,  Keith 
Omoseftinmi,  Jody  Souza  and  Tanya  Troche 


were  winners  in  the  Junior  division. 

Raheem  Stephenson  won  the 
Intermediate  division. 


D2  Thursday.  April  1 1 , 2002 


battle  in  RIMA  championship 


-  The  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  participated  in  to 
Rhode  Island/Massachusetts  swim ^championships 
this  past  weekend  and  finished  fifth  in  the  eight- 

'"^Eight  members  of  the  team  were  named  to  the 

^^Thev^ included:  Cassandra  Benjamin  in  the  8- 
under  girls  in  the  backstroke  and  butterfly;  Kyle 
Couture  in  the  9-10  boys  in  backstroke;  Thomas 
:  Gonsalves  in  the  9-10  in  the  freestyle;  Isaac  Mello  in 
I  9.  to  division  in  the  butterfly  and  100  individual 

Medley;  Chris  Demeule  in  the  11-12  division  in  the 
frwewyle  and  breaststroke;  William  McQuiness  m 
.  ie  13-14  division  in  the  100  freestyle,  100  backstroke 
■  nd  200  individual  medley;  and  Jeff  McGuiness  in 
ne  15-18  division  in  the  100  freestyle,  100  breast- 
srroke  and  200  individual  medley. 

MEET  RESULTS 
8-Under  Division 

Bovs:  Butterfly  —  Jared  Batista  7th  (32:37), 

Freestyle  —  Jared  Batista  10th  (19.63).  Jack  Grace  22nd 

Backstroke  — Jack  Grace  4th  (23.471 

Girls:  Backstroke  —  Cassandra  Beniamin  1st  (20  30). 

Freestyle  —  Kristen  Montouri  18th  (22.01),  Courtney  Dias 

"Breaststroke  —  Kristen  Montouri  7th  (27.60),  Jena  Francis 
14th  (30.68). 

9-10  Division 

Boys:  Backstroke  —  Kyle  Couture  2nd  (41.65),  Ben 
0eriReestvle  —  Thomas  Gonsalves  3rd  (34.33),  Ben  Demeule 

100  Individual  Medley  —  Marcus  Mello  2nd  (1:28.55). 
i  Butterfly  —  Marcus  Mello  2nd  (37.97). 

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Breaststroke  —  Isaac  Mello  2nd  (41  46). 


100  Individual  Medley  relay  —  Couture,  M.  Mello,  I.  Mello, 
Gonsalves  1st  (1:09.06).  ,  ..  „ 

200  Freestyle  Relay  —  Couture,  Demeule,  Mello, 
Gonsalves  1st  (2:24.83).  ...... 

Girls:  Backstroke  —  Melyssa  Looker  1 4th  (46.04), 
Amanda  Couture  17th  (46.93),  Amy  Astle  20th  (47.90). 

Freestyle  —  Kyla  Looker  13th  (37.86),  Amy  Astle  22nd 
(48.20),  Amanda  Medeiros  29th  (44,30). 

Breaststroke  —  Hilary  Cabral  15th  (49.35),  Amanda 

M0CBu'tter1ly4t-(5K6yla7tooker  18th  (50.71),  Hilary  Cabral  19th 

200  Freestyle  Relay  —  Astle,  M.  Looker,  Medeiros, 
Couture  6th  (2:53.42). 

11-12  Division 

Boys:  Breaststroke  —  Chris  Demeule  1st  (40.35) 

Freestyle  -  Chris  Demeule  2nd  (29.66). 

100  Individual  Medley  —  Thomas  Landry  9th  (1.32.50). 
Butterfly  —  Thomas  Landry  9th  (46.37) 

Girls:  Butterfly  —  Cassandra  Alves  -  ;7)- 

Breaststroke  — Cassandra  Alves  18th  (46-08  , 

Freestyle  —  Beth  Fournier  15th  (33.18),  Nicole  Astle  22nd 

^38  Backstroke  —  Nicole  Montouri  1 0th  (41 .90). 

200  Medley  Relay  —  Melanie  Brown,  Fournier,  Alves 
Montouri  7th  (2:39.26). 

13-14  Division 

Boys:  100  Backstroke  —  Nick  Gouveia  6th  (1:24.72), 
°°7oo  Frtestyte  McGuiness  2nd  (58  141.  j£l. 

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Girls:  Freestyle  —  Samantha  Ramos  10th  O-’O-SjO- 
200  Individual  Medley  —  Jessica  Robinson  5th(3.04.2 
100  Breaststroke  —  Jessica  Robinson  7th  (1.36.89). 

15-18  Division 

Boys:  100  Freestyle  —  Jeff  McGuiness  1st  ( 57_66) 

100  Breaststroke  —  Jeff  McGuiness  2nd  (1-1 6.86) 

Girls:  100  Breaststroke  -  Jackie  Lourenco  6th  (1.35.5b). 
100  Freestyle  —  Jackie  Lourenco  9th  (1 -29.ua). 


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Left,  Monique 
Onuoha,  6,  gets 
some  help 
cutting  her  corned 
beef  and  cabbage 
from  tutor  Melissa 
Tavares.  Above, 
Stephanie  Dupras, 
6,  enjoys  a  piece  of 
cake  a  bit  more 
than  her 
traditional  Irish 
meal.  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club 
serves  meals  for 
kids  each  afternoon 
with  the 

help  of  the  Greater 
Boston  Food  Bank. 


Herald  News  Photos 
by  JACK  FOLEY 


Heeding  fit  with  friends 

Adults  come  to  Boys  &  Girls  Club  for 
the  workout,  but  stay  for  the  camaraderie 

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The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  recently  held  its  annual  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors. 
Pictured  from  left,  Anthony  Cordeiro,  treasurer,  Irene  Orlando,  first  vice  chairwoman,  John  Feitelberg, 
board  chairman  and  William  Hawkins,  second  vice  chairman. 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  elects 
officers,  board  members 


By  GREG  SULLIVAN 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Sure,  they  have  the 
weights.  And  the  exercise  machines.  And 
the, pool.  And  the  handball  court.  And 
[there’s  the  sauna.  And  the  steam  room. 
And  the  basketball  court. 

But  somehow,  it’s  neither  the  facility 
fHor  the  equipment  that’s  the  key  ingre¬ 
dient  to  the  success  of  the  Senior 
Division  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club.  Many  join  to  have  a 
relatively  inexpensive  place  to  work  out. 
Many  of  those  stick  around  for  years  and 
idecades  for  a  different  reason. 

"I  started  15  years  ago,  just  for  the 
hell  of  it,”  Afonso  Costa,  52,  said  after  a 
Friday  morning  handball  doubles  ses¬ 
sion  that  also  included  93-year-old 


up  the  morning  crowd  at  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  Senior  Division.  While  the 
facility  is  far  from  sparkling,  it’s  very 
special  to  the  regulars. 

“The  best  reason  is  the  atmosphere,” 
Costa  said.  “Nice  people.  It’s  one  of  the 
places  I  know  where  all  groups  get 
together  —  the  Irish,  French, 
Portuguese,  Lebanese.  We  all  enjoy  our¬ 
selves.  And  we  party  once  in  a  while.” 

While  the  names  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
is  no  misnomer  —  the  youths  still  make 
up  the  bulk  of  the  membership  —  Fall 
River  is  an  oddity  in  the  international 
world  of  Boys  and  Girls  Club  because  of 
the  size  of  its  Senior  Division,  open  to 
men  and  women  ages  19  and  older. 
Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director  at 
the  Fall  River  club,  said  to  the  best  of 
his  knowledge,  this  club  has  the 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  recently  held  its  112th 
annual  meeting  of  the  board  of 
directors  with  the  election  of 
officers  and  board  members. 

Board  Development 

Chairman  George  Bedard  rec¬ 
ommended  the  following  slate 
of  officers  for  2002-2003: 


Chairman:  John  Feitelberg 
First  Vice  Chairwoman: 
Irene  Orlando 

Second  Vice  Chairman: 
William  Hawkins 

Treasurer:  Anthony 

Cordeiro 

Secretary:  Irene  Orlando 
Directors  recommended  for 
third-year  terms:  George 


Bedard,  Robert  Bogan,  John 
Dator,  Louis  Freedman,  James 
Gibney,  Stevpn  Long,  Lisa 
Lundy.  Irene  Orlando,  Mike 
Plasski,  Ken  Rezendes,  Len 
Silvia  and  Robert  Stoico. 

New  director  recommended 
for  one-year  term:  Christopher 
Lafrance;  James  Karam,  Donald 
Berufcg,  John  Ledwidge. 


City  club  needs  another  1 .5  million  for  expansion 


By  DEBORAH  ALLARD-BERNARDI 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  is  mov¬ 
ing  closer  to  its  goal  of  expansion. 

The  club  is  planning  to  build  a 
12,000-square-foot  addition  and  reno¬ 
vate  the  existing  1967  structure  on 
Bedford  Street. 

Already,  the  club  has  raised  about 
SI  million  toward  the  Next  Generation 
Campaign  for  expansion,  but  another 
$1.5  million  is  needed. 

Moving  into  its  second  phase  of  the 
plan,  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  is  seek¬ 
ing  funds  from  small  businesses,  ven¬ 
dors  and  the  general  community. 

In  a  building  much  too  small  for  the 
more  than  7,000  children  and  teens  it 
serves,  the  facility  will  include  two  lev¬ 
els  of  neatly  designed  space,  and  will  be 
home  to  a  comprehensive  teen  center . 

Plans  also  call  for  a  120-seat  dining 
area  and  large  kitchen,  a  new  main 
entrance  designed  to  be  safer  and  more 
accessible  to  buses  and  vehicles,  an 
outside  play  area,  basketball  court  and 
picnic  area,  a  large  multi-purpose 
room  and  several  program  rooms. 

Restrooms  and  locker  rooms  will 
also  be  refurbished.  Accessibility  will 
be  upgraded  and  the  pool  and  other 
areas  will  be  renovated. 

According  to  Peter  McCarthy,  exec¬ 
utive  director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club,  the  added  space  is  desperately 
needed. 

"The  need  is  so  great  I  can’t  wait  to 
start."  McCarthy  said,  enthusiastical¬ 
ly. 


In  recent  years,  things  have  gotten 
so  bad  that  board  meetings  and  teen 
meetings  are  held  off-site.  The  home¬ 
work  rooms  are  too  small.  And  commu¬ 
nity  rooms  are  now  computer  rooms. 

“We’re  hoping  to  break  ground  in 
September  or  October,”  McCarthy 
said. 

For  the  last  31  years,  McCarthy  has 
spent  his  time  at  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  and  has  seen  children  from  all 
ethnic  and  racial  backgrounds  enter  its 
doors  and  grow  into  adults. 

Today,  most  of  the  children  come 
from  low-income  and  minority  fami¬ 
lies,  and  need  the  social,  athletic  and 
educational  services  the  club  provides. 

A  board  member  for  47  years,  and 
co-chairman  of  the  capital  campaign, 
Louis  "Zip"  Freedman,  age  87,  knows 
everything  there  is  to  know  about  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

"He’s  been  the  past  chair  of  just 
about  everything,"  McCarthy  said. 

In  gratitude  for  his  many  years  of 
service.  McCarthy  and  the  children  are 
thanking  him  with  awards  and 
plaques. 

Although  he  can’t  be  as  involved  as 
he  once  was,  Freedman  is  also  looking 
forward  to  groundbreaking  this  fall, 
and  remembers  the  history  of  the  club. 

Freedman  started  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  computer  learning  center  with  a 
donation  from  the  Donaldson 
Foundation  of  $10,000. 

"We  were  the  first  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  in  Massachusetts  to  have  comput¬ 
ers,"  Freedman  said. 

The  Thomas  Chew  Boys  Club  was 
first  built  on  Third  Street  in  1897.  A 


Herald  News  Photo  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 

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Beat  the  heat  at  Pool 
and  Christmas  Village 


Herald  News  Photo  by  DA  YE  SOUZA 


Louis  ‘‘Zip’’  Freedman,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  for  47  years,  stands  next  to  an  artist’s 
rendering  of  expansion  plans  for  the  club. 


local  clergyman,  Thomas  Chew,  was 
the  major  “mover"  in  getting  the  pro¬ 
ject  off  the  ground. 

Land  was  later  donated  in  Assonet. 
which  eventually  became  Camp  Welch. 

Chew  accepted  children  from  all  socio¬ 
economic  and  religious  backgrounds. 

In  1967,  after  70  years  of  service,  the 


downtown  facility  was  demolished  as 
the  city  made  way  for  a  redevelopment 
plan.  After  a  successful  fund-raising 
drive,  the  existing  building  was  built 
on  Bedford  Street. 

Deborah  Allard-Bernardi  may  be 
reached  at  dbernardi@heraldnews.com. 


SWANSEA  —  Think  back  to 
last  summer  on  one  of  the  swel¬ 
tering  days,  when  the  house  was 
unbearably  hot,  the  kids  were 
bored,  there  wasn’t  a  hint  of  a 
breeze  and  sweat  was  dripping 
down  your  forehead.  Remember 
wishing  for  a  pool? 

Don’t  find  yourself  in  the  same 
situation  again  this  summer.  Do 
something  about  it  now  by  vis¬ 
iting  Pool  and  Christmas  Village 
at  650  GAR  Highway. 

Owner  George  Stockley  has 
been  in  the  business  of  selling 
pools  and  spas  for  23  years.  Before 
tiiufi'Ht-  'had  a  pool  installation 
business  and  decided  to  combine 
the  two  so  he  could  sell  pools,  set 
them  up  and  service  them. 

Why  would  you  go  anywhere 
else  when  putting  in  that  pool 


that  will  give  you  a  relaxing  way 
to  while  away  the  hot  summer 
days  in  the  privacy  of  your  own 
yard? 

“There  isn’t  anybody  who 
can’t  afford  a  pool.  There’s  a  pool 
for  every  budget,”  said  Stockley. 

"We  install  our  own  pools,  and 
we’re  really  the  only  company 
around  that  services  pools.  We 
open  them,  we  close  them,  and  if 
something  is  wrong,  we  fix  it,”  he 
added.  "We’re  the  only  store 
around  that  services  what  we  sell. 
Everyone  else  subcontracts  their 
installation." 

In-ground  pools  can  be  custom 
designed.  They  start  at  $13,000. 

"The  sky’s  the  limit,”  Stockley 
said  of  in-grounds  that  can  even 
be  built  free  form  to  resemble  a 
lake. 

Above-ground  pools  start  at 
12-feet  round  and  can  be  as  big  as 
33-feet  round.  There  are  also  oval 
pools  to  choose  from,  such  as  an 
18-by-45-foot  oval  that  offers 
nlpntv  nf  room  for  company.  A 


and  Fence  Series  and  all  of  its 
pools  "offer  the  perfect  escape 
from  everyday  life." 

Aqua  Leader  brand  swimming 
pools  offers  a  comprehensive  war¬ 
ranty.  Sunshine  brand  pools  are 
in  the  business  of  "creating  the 
finest  family  fun." 

Those  looking  for  a  smaller 
body  of  water  that  will  offer 
soothing  massages  should  check 
out  the  full  line  of  spas  and  hot 
tubs  at  Pool  and  Christmas 
Village. 

The  innovative  Bullfrog  line 
has  removable  jet  packs  that  can 
be  replaced  with  the  type  of  jets 
customers  prefer.  Called  "the 
adaptable  spa,”  customers  can 
build  the  spa  of  their  dreams. 
Spas  can  be  tailored  to  accommo¬ 
date  every  body  and  every  budget 
The  entire  seat  back  of  the  jetted 
seat  can  be  fitted  with  the  type  of 
jets  bathers  like  for  neck  an 
shoulder  massages,  spinal  cente 
line  massages,  lateral  musr 
massages  and  lower  back  m 


lads  and  lasses  ciuh  lunch 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  honors  youth  program  award  recipients 


Mayor  Edward  M 
Lambert  Jr.  presents 
Joycelyn  Abelha  with 
the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club's  2001 
Outstanding  Youth  of 
the  Year  award. 
Looking  on  are 
Joycelyn's  parents,  Al 
and  Claudette,  and 
Peter  McCarthy, 
right,  director  of  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


Herald  News 
Photo  by 
DAVE  SOUZA 


FALL  RIVER  —  More  than  275  mem¬ 
bers,  parents  and  volunteers  were  on 
hand  Sunday  evening  at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  for  the 
presentation  of  135  awards  to  Junior 
Division  members  of  the  Bedford  Street 
complex. 

Those  receiving  awards  participated 
in  16  organized  youth  programs  held  at 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  since  September. 

Following  a  buffet  dinner.  Mayor 
Edward  M.  Lambert  Jr.  presented  the 
2001  Outstanding  Youth  of  the  Year 
Award  to  Joycelyn  Abelha.  Abelha  is  a 
17-year-old  senior  at  B.M.C.  Durfee  High 
School. 

Abelha  has  been  a  member  of  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  since  she  was  7-years-old. 
She  is  the  president  of  the  Keystone  Club. 
She  has  been  the  leader  of  many  teen- 
sponsored  events  this  past  season. 

Abelha  will  be  attending  Bristol 
Community  College  this  fall. 

Board  members  John  Feitelberg.  Irene 
Orlando.  John  O'Neil.  Jack  Machado, 
Donna  Hague  and  B.J.  McDonald  were  on 
hand  to  present  awards  to  the  various 
winners. 

2001  Youth  of  the  Year 

(Selected  by  the  F.T.  staff) 

Joycelyn  Abelha. 

Members  of  the  Month 
(Selected  by  the  F.T.  staff) 

October  —  Jen  Machado;  November 
—  Victoria  Estrella;  December  —  Chad 
Estrella;  January  —  Justin  Medeiros; 
February  —  Amber  Gillet;  March  — 
Amanda  Boy;  April  —  Corey  Medeiros. 

Games  Room 

(Staff:  John  Ciullo,  activities  director) 

Air  Hockey 

Cadet  Champ  —  Alex  Benjamin; 
Junior  Champ  -  Dillion  Oliveira; 
Intermediate  Champ  —  Raheem 
Stephenson. 


Foosball 

Cadet  Champ  —  Jordan  Reynoso; 
Junior  Champ  —  Johnathon  Pavao; 
Intermediate  Champ  -  Coury  Medeiros. 

8-Ball 

Cadet  Champ  —  Joshua  Paiva;  Junior 
Champ  -  Scott  Copley;  Intermediate 
Champ  —  Chad  Estrella. 

Ping  Pong 

Junior  Champ  —  Kenny  Fanfa; 
Intermediate  Champ  -  Steve  Araujo. 

Bumper  Pool 

Cadet  Champ  -  Joshua  Paiva;  Junior 
Champ  -  Brittny  Fernandes;  Intermediate 
Champ  -  Peter  Tavares. 

Power  Bowling 

Cadet  Champ  —  Brittany  Benjamin. 
Ceramics 

(Volunteers:  Leo  and  Marie  Jean) 


Shannon  Amaral,  Joey  Shaheen, 
Cassandra  Alves,  Nicki  Astle. 

Computers 
(Staff:  Steve  Lempke). 

Cadet  Champ  —  Tasha  Folger;  Junior 
Champ  -  Joey  Orosz,  Jordan  Richard; 
Intermediate  Champ  -  Danny  Folger. 
Power  Hour 

(Dagmar  Dias,  Diane  Cabral,  Amy 
Tavares,  Melissa  Tavares,  Joycelyn 
Abelha,  John  Levesque) 

Boy  Champions 

Cadet  Afternoons  —  Devin  Chase; 
ASP  Afternoons  —  Frank  Silvia,  Tyler 
Surgens;  ASP  Small  Sch.  -  Ian  Brogan. 

Gfrl  Champions 

Cadet  Aft^oons  —  Monique 
Omuoha;  ASP  Afternoons  —  Cassandra 
Alves,  Brittahy  Jarabek. 


ASP  Evenings  —  Nikki  Pavao;  ASP 
Small  Sch.  -  Melaine  Janeiro. 

RIMA  Age  Group  Champions 

9-  and  10-year-old  boys 
Gym 

(Staff:  Kevin  Vorro,  physical  director; 
assisted  by  Mimi  Larrivee) 

Girls  Basketball 
Champs  (A-Division) 

Kimberly  Tavares,  Monica  Velozo, 
Jessica  Soares,  Jessica  Veloza,  Brittany 
Rogers,  Victoria  Reis. 

Girls  Basketball 
Champs  (B-Division) 

Carol  Alves,  LaShonda  Tasby,  Jessica 
Thiberault,  Cayla  Silva,  Tasha  Folger, 
Nicole  DeCoste,  Allison  Rossina. 


Boys  Basketball 

Junior  Champs 

Andrew  Sousa,  Nick  Cortez,  TrevQr- 
Davis,  Jared  Davis,  Luke  Farias,  Natfiaru 
Reid,  Javandy  Mills,  Roman  Myrfek* 
Tanner  Paquet,  Mitchell  Mercure,  Nuno 
Gomes. 

Boys  Basketball 

Intermediate  Champs  ■ . 

Billy  Murchinson,  Robert  Chasse,  Joe. 
Vierra,  Aaron  Mello,  Matt  Rapoza,: 
Raheem  Stephenson,  Josh  Orosz. 

Girls  Soccer 

Monica  Veloza,  Micah  Scott,  India 
Scott,  Cassie  Benjamin,  Brittany 
Harrison,  Ashley  Cabral,  Kelsey 
Anderson,  Saberlyn  Rego,  Jasmine 
Proc,  Merrissa  Fernandez,  Alisha 
Corriea. 

Junior  Champs  Soccer 

Danielo  Baptiste,  David  Baptiste, 
Jonathan  Sanchez,  Brian  Velozo,  Keith 
Omasafunmi,  Kyle  Lewis,  Wayne  Lewis, 
Robert  Page,  Marquis  Turner,  Rolando 
Vasquez. 

Swim  Team 

(Aquatics  Director:  Monica  Tavares; 
Asst.  Coaches:  Lynessa  Chatterton  and. 
Jeff  McGuinness;  Volunteers:  Lyndttel 
Couture;  Margaret  Landry;  Cassandra* 
Alves,  Amy  Astle,  Nicole  Astle,  Jaren 
Batista,  Cory  Bedard,  Britney  Benjamin, 
Cassandra  Benjamin,  Melanie  Browh, 
Hilary  Cabral,  Zaqh  Cabral,  Amanda 
Couture,  Kyle  Couture,  Ben  Demeule, 
Chris  Demeule,  a^d  Courtney  Dias.  . 

Beth  Fournier,  jjena  Fraicis,  Thortjas' 
Gonsalves,  Nick  ^Gouvaia.1  Jack  Grace, 
Thomas  Landry.  Kyia  Looker,  Melyssa 
Looker,  Jackie  Lourenco,  Jeff 
McGuinness,  Will  McGuinness,  Amanda 
Medeiros,  Isaac  Mello,  Marcus  Mello, 
Kristen  Montouri,  Nicole  Montouri; 
Samantha  Ramos,  Jessica  Robinson. 


children.  slX  jO  2— 

Boyf  &  Girls' Olub 
presents  awards 

FALL  RIVER  —  More  than  275 
members,  parents  and  volunteers 
were  on  Hand  Sunday  evening  at 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club ‘for  the  presentation 
of  135  awards  to  Junior  Division 
members  of  the  Bedford  Street 
complex. 

Those  receiving  awards  par¬ 
ticipated  in  16  organized  youth 
programs  held  at  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  since  September. 

Following  a  buffet  dinner. 
Mayor  Edward  M.  Lambert  Jr. 
presented  the  2001  Outstanding 
Youth  of  the  Year  Award  to 
Joycelyn  Abelha.  Abelha  is  a  17- 
year-old  senior  at  B.M.C.  Durfee 
High  School. 

Abelha  has  been  a  member  ot 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  since  she 
was  7  years  old.  She  is  the  presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Keystone  Club.  She 
has  been  the  leader  of  many  teen 
sponsored  events  this  past  sea¬ 
son. 

Abelha  will  be  attending 
Bristol  Community  College  thid 

1  fen.' 

Board  members  John 
Feitelberg,  Irene  Orlando,  John 
O'Neil,  Jack  Machado,  Donna 
Hague  and  B.J.  McDonald  were 
on  hand  to  present  awards  to  the 
various  winners. 


Camp 

Children 
who’ve  lost 
loved  ones 
share  their 
experiences 

By  KATHLEEN  DURAND 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 


The  Prince  Posto  Mobile  served  up  hot  meals 
o  of  our  National  Hunger  Awareness  Day  events. 


On  Friday,  June  7th,  Prince  Pasta  made  a 
generous  and  multi-faceted  donation  to 
The  Greater  Boston  Food  Bank.  First, 
through  Prince's  charitable  arm.  The 
Anthony  Fund,  the  company  donated 
20  tons  of  pasta,  the  equivalent  of 
320,000  servings.  This  donation  will 
be  divided  between  two  ongoing 
Food  Bank  programs:  Kid's  Cafe, 
which  provides  hot  meals  for  kids 


after  school  and  during  the  summer,  and  the  Brown  Bag  Program,  which 
distributes  bags  of  nutritious  food,  primarily  for  seniors.  Later  in  the  day, 
the  Prince  Pasta  wagon  showed  up  at  the  Fall  River  Kids  Cafe,  held  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  and  served  up  200  pasta  dinners. 


From  Page  Al 

Crystal  Bruno,  16,  of  Fall 
River,  came  to  the  camp  last  year 
because  she  was  mourning  the 
death  of  a  grandfather  who  was 
like  a  father  to  her.  She  returned 
this  year  as  a  junior  counselor. 

"I  love  working  with  little 
kids."  said  Crystal,  who  spent  her 
time  helping  the  youngest 
campers.  "I  love  to  see  the  smiles 
on  their  faces.  They  lost  someone, 
just  like  I  did.  Just  because 
.jhey're  little  doesn’t  mean  they 
tlon’t  have  feelings." 

' ;  Crystal  said  she  felt 
comfortable  at  the  camp  because 
she  knew  some  of  the  volunteers 
from  Hospice  who  cared  for  her 
grandfather. 

“The  camp  is  a  great  idea.  It 
helped  me.  I  got  to  talk  and  share 
1  my  feelings  with  kids  who  felt  the 
same  way,"  she  said. 

Home  Depot  in  Taunton 
provided  the  materials  for  crafts 
,  and  some  of  its  employees 
volunteered  to  help  the  campers 
-complete  the  projects:  wooden 
ring  boxes  and  wooden 
schooners.  Bob  Souza  of  Home 
Depot  said  he  was  happy  to  be 


involved  last  year  and  again  this 
year. 

“It’s  fantastic,"  Souza  said. 
"One  of  the  core  values  of  Home 
Depot  is  giving  back,  The  people 
that  work  and  shop  in  our  stores 
are  the  community.” 

Although  there  was  a  wide 
range  of  ages  at  the  camp,  Souza 
and  his  three  associates  helped 
even  the  youngest  campers 
complete  their  projects.  He  said 
when  the  kids  first  saw  the  wood 
and  materials  they  had  to  work 
with,  they  were  puzzled.  Then 
they  began  to  realize  they  could 
complete  the  task  and  finally  they 
got  a  sense  of  accomplishment.  "I 
mostly  like  looking  at  their 
faces,"  Souza  said. 

One  girl  named  her  schooner 
the  SS  George,  in  memory  of  her 
father.  All  the  projects  were 
related  to  memories  of  loved 
ones.  Meredith  Brennan,  who  is 
in  the  first  grade,  brought  a 
schooner  craft  kit  home  for  her 
brother,  who  couldn't  go  to  camp. 
Their  father  died  recently. 

Last  year,  only  25  campers 
participated  so  Caring  Kids  Camp 
is  really  growing,  said  Michelle 
Clark,  bereavement  coordinator 


On  the  far  left, 
campers  Bridgef 
Oliveira,  8,  Jenna  , 
Coffey,  4,  and 
Matthew  Coffey,’ 7.  ■ 
sit  down  for  a  snack 
at  Camp  Welch  in  : 
Assonet  where  they 
participated  in  a' 
special  session  for 
those  who  have'losl 
loved  ones.  Tim 
Graves,  9,  watches, 
as  another  camper 
does  a  handstand  in 
the  pool.  - 


Herald  News  Photds 
by  OMAR  BRADLEY 


Sailing 

away 


Monday  was  a  good  day 
for  a  sail  and  several 
youngsters  made  the 
most  of  the  day,  taking 
advantage  of  the 
Battleship  Cove  instruc¬ 
tional  sailing  program. 
Kyla  Loker,  9,  handles 
the  tiller  while  Amy 
Thurston,  14,  enjoys  the 
ride  in  the  Taunton  River, 
In  the  shadow  of  the 
Braga  Bridge. 


Herald  News  Photo 
by  DAVE  SOUZA 


for  Hospice  Care  of  Greater 
Taunton,  and  Juffk  Joncas, 
bereavement  cool-qlnator  for 
Hospice  Outreach  of  F^l  River. 

The  organization  has 
bereavement  groups  for  kids 
during  the  year,  but  now  that 
school’s  out.  they  said  Hospice 
wanted  to  offer  a  summer 
program.  "More  and  more 
Hospices  are  starting  to  do  this," 
Joncas  said. 

About  20  Hospice  volunteers  ^ 
worked  at  the  camp  Saturday 
Domino's  Pizza  and  Subwati 
provided  the  food  and  Tremblay's  -• 
Bus  Co.  provided  the) 
transportation  at  no  cost.  Funeral 
homes  and  Rotary  Clubs  tooW 
care  of  other  expenses.  Each' 
camper  received  a  tote  bag  with  a 
T-shirt,  a  book  and  a  water  bottle, 
in  it. 

Clark  said  17  of  the  campers 
from  the  Taunton  area  lost  either 
their  mother  or  father  In  the  last 
year  or  so.  Not  all  of  the  people 
who  died  were  Hospice  patients.  , 

A  memorial  service  will  take 
place  at  the  camp  today. 


■m 

- 


Kathleen  Durand  may  be  reached 
at  kdurand@heraldnews.com. 


ASSONET  —  A  little  boy  whose 
dad  died  in  January  said  he  has  good 
mqnjories  of  him.  teaching  him  to 
play  baseball  and  other  sports. 

Now  his  mother  tries  to  fill  that 
gap.  he  said. 

That  little  boy  and  49  other 
bereaved  children  who  lost  a  parent, 
if  a  sibling  or  other  close  family 
J  member  in  the  last  year  or  so  spent 
Saturday  and  will  be  spending  today 
at  Caring  Kids  Camp.  This  was  the 
second  year  that  the  free  weekend 
day  camp  was  held  at  Camp  .Welch 
under  the  sponsorship  of  Hospice 
Outreach  of  Fall  River  and  Hospice 
Care  of  Greater  Taunton. 

At  one  point  the  campers,  ages  5  to 
13,  broke  up  into  small  groups  to 
[  share  memories  and  gain  support 
’  from  one  another  and  counselors. 

A  little  boy  named  Chris  was  too 
,  young  when  his  father  died  to 
remember  him.  "I  don’t  have  a 
I  memory  but  I  know  my  dad's  name. 

I  Jeff,  and  my  cat's  name.  Alex,"  he 
told  his  group.  A  girl  remembered 
helping  care  for  her  brother,  who 
died  at  age  3. 

“I  have  memories  of  my 
grandfather.  I'm  thankful  I  got  to 
know  him,"  said  another  girl.  The 
camp  program  used  arts  and  crafts, 
j  activities,  sports  and  swimming  to 
i  cover  the  topics  of  loss,  caring  for 
oneself  and  memories. 

^  Turn  to  CAMP,  Page  A5 


The  Herald  News, 


Herald  News  Photo  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 


Mercedes  Dunham,  9,  gets  first  aid  treatment  from  Diana  Goldman  at  Camp  Welch  after  hurting 
her  ankle.  Dunham  was  one  of  the  many  campers  who  came  to  have  some  fun  and  share  their 
experiences  with  others  who  have  lost  loved  ones. 


Sunday,  June  30,  2002  A5 


JuAlbr^bc^n^pics  staged 
at  Boys  and  Girls  Club 

KALI.  RIVER  in  Junior 
Olympic  action  at  the  Thomas 
<  hew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club,  sprints  and  the  long  jump, 
were  contested  at  the  club's  City 
Camp  Program. 

Sprint  winners  included: 

Ayes  (9-11)  —  |  Liselle  Herman. 
Evan  Rebello  2  Jaralee  Lorenzana. 
Chns  Melo.  3  Cory  Albernaz,  Blanca 
Lorenzana, 

Ages  (12-16)  —  1  Josh  Belyea,  Eric 
Mendonca,  2  Jasmine  George  David  1 
Melo.  3.  Belinda  Sanchez 

Long  jump  winners  included. 

(Ages  9-11)  —  1  Liselle  Herman.  | 
Josh  Rocha,  2  Jaralee  Lorenzana 
Rebello.  4  hibernal  Blanca  Lorenzana 

(Ages  12-16)  —  Belyea.  George;  2 
Melo  Sanchez.  3.  Erika  Houtman 


R/Sii/C2- 

Computer  class  enrolling 

FALL  RIVER  —  A  beginner  computer 
class  will  begin  at  6  p.m.  Monday.  Sept.  23. 
at  the  Thomas  Chew  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 
Bedford  Street. 

Material  to  be  covered  includes 
Windows.  Microsoft  Word.  Microsoft  Excel 
and  the  Internet. 

Classes  will  meet  from  6  to  8:30  p.m.  for 
seven  consecutive  Mondays.  The  fee  for 
the  entire  session  is  S75.  To  register  for  the 
class,  call  Theresa  Burke,  volunteer  coor¬ 
dinator.  at  508-677-9686. 


Club  hosts  City  Camp^ ~]i  u 

FALL  RIVER  —  Children  competed  in  a 
variety  of  events  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
City  Camp.  The  children  competed  in  a 
series  of  sprints  and  medium  distance  race. 

Sprints 

Ages  9-12:  1-Jaralee  Lorenzana,  Lisette 
Herman  (10  points):  2-Nolan  Atkins  (6 
points):  3-Mika  Scott  (4  points). 

Ages  12-16: 1-Erica  Mendonca.  Josh  Belyea 
(10  points);  2-Sam  Herman.  Jasmine  Jorge  (6 
points):  3-Latishia  Herman  (2  points). 

Distance 

Ages  9-12:  1-Jarlene  Lorenzana.  Lisette 
Herman  (5  points):  2-Micha  Scott,  Chris 
Mello  (3  points):  3-Blanca  Lorenzana.  Aaron 
Capaldi  (1  point). 

Ages  12-16: 1-Josh  Belyea.  Jasmine  Jorge  (5 
points):  2-Sam  Herman,  Erica  Mendonca  (3  points); 
3-Eric  Houtman.  Latishia  Herman  (1  point). 

Wednesdays  will  be  the  long  jump  and  disc 
throw. 


IN  BRIEF 


Computer  class  to  begin 

FALL  RIVER  —  A  beginner’s  comput 
class  will  have  its  first  meeting  from  6  to  8: 
p.m.  on  Monday.  July  22.  at  the  Thom 
Chew  Boys  and  Girls  Club.  Bedford  Strei 
The  course  rims  for  seven  weeks.  It  is  gear 
for  people  with  no  computer  knowledge. 

Personal  instruction  and  hands-on  expe: 
ence  are  an  integral  part  of  the  course.  Ti 
fee  is  S75  payable  at  the  first  class. 

Registration  is  a  must  and  can  be  made  l 
calling  the  volunteer  coordinator  There- 
Burke,  at  508-677-9686.  ~]'  Z.Z'02- 


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Sunday,  July  28,  2002 

Summertime  and  the  living  is  easy 


Freetown’s  Camp  Welch  offers  plenty  of  surefire  cures  for  the  summertime  blues 


Herald  News  Photos  by  JACK  FOLEY 

At  top,  negotiating  an  overloaded  clothesline,  campers  from  left.  Shawn  Miranda.  9.  Seth  Ramos,  12,  Paul 
Vieira.  9,  and  Nathan  O’Keefe,  11.  carry  a  large  bucket  of  water  to  assist  with  the  sandcastle  project 
Above,  the  sandcastle  takes  shape  with  some  direction  from  camp  counselor  Peter.  19.  At  left,  camper 
Kayla  Medeiros.  9,  braids  plastic  lace  known  as  "gimp."  Camp  Welch  is  part  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River. 


The  16th  annual  Fall 
River  Celebrates  America 
Sailing  Challenge  was 
held  Saturday  morning 
from  the  Heritage  Park 
Boathouse. 

First-place  honors  were 
claimed  by  Hector  Morales 
and  Charles  Kugatt,  while 
second  place  was  award¬ 
ed  to  Cory  Bedard  and 
crew;  and  the  third-place 
finishers  were  Josh 
Berube  and  David  Oliveira. 


Herald  News  Photos  by  JACK  FOLE ) 


Putting  wind  in  kids’ sails 


>w  England  Gas  Co.  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  Thomas  C. 
d,  left,  presents  a  check  fo  Ernst  M  Cummings,  executive  director  of 
lip  Cove  on  Wednesday,  Above,  Hector  Morales.  13,  takes  the  titter  as 
lip  Cove  Community  Boating  Program  manager  Trevor  Perkins  enjoys 
.  Located  at  the  Heritage  State  Park  Boathouse,  the  boating  program 
Is  a  convenient  and  sale  facility  for  sailing  Instruction  and  sailboat 
The  program  fleet  includes  Cape  Cod  Mercury  keelboats,  Vanguard 
and  Vanguard  Club  420  racing  boats.  Several  staff  members  are  certi- 
J  Sailing  Level  I  instructors  and  are  ready  to  provide  assistance  to 
ot  all  experience  levels.  Private  instruction  is  available,  and  member- 
Mow  unlimited  daily  sailing  throughout  the  season,  including  racing  on 
sdav  niahts.  For  more  Information,  call  800-533-3194  or  the  boathouse 


Submitted  Photos 


FRCA  Sailing  Challenge 


D2  Thursday,  September  5,  2002 


COMMUNITY  CLIPS  X 


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Duffers  raise 
$8,000  for 
Ooys  &  Girls  Club 


The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  a 
United  Way  agency,  was  the  recipient  of  a  generous 
$8,000  check  for  the  club’s  annual  campership  drive. 
The  annual  Paul  Phaneuf  Golf  Tournament  held  last 
Sept.  22  at  Swansea  Country  Club  raised  the  funds. 
Pictured  are  Bill  Phaneuf,  Peter  McCarthy  (executive 
director  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club),  Richard  Kelley,  Mark 
Kelly  and  Paul  LePage.  Not  available  for  check  presen¬ 
tation  were  Co-Chairmen  of  the  tournament  John  Conos 
and  David  Kidd  III.  The  $8,000  provided  day  and  resi¬ 
dent  camp  scholarships  to  approximately  90  children  at 
the  club-owned  Camp  Welch  in  Assonet  this  summer. 
This  year  the  Paul  Phaneuf  Memorial  Golf  Tournament 
will  be  held  on  Sept.  27  at  Swansea  Country  Club. 
Interested  golfers  and/or  sponsors  should  call  Peter 
McCarthy  at  508-672-6340  for  details 


Boys  and  Girls  Club 
is  ready  to  expand 


By  DEBORAH  ALLARD- 
BERNARDI 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  -  Local  digni¬ 
taries  gathered  Tuesday  for  the 
official  groundbreaking  of  the 
soon-to-be-expanded  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club. 

The  club  has  raised  half  of  its 
$2.5  million  goal,  and  is  now  in 
its  second  phase  of  the  Next 
Generation  Campaign  to  build 
an  18,000-square-foot  addition  to 
its  present  facade  at  803  Bedford 
St. 

Although  funds  are  still  need¬ 
ed,  enough  has  been  raised  to 
qualify  for  borrowing  and  to 
begin  the  project,  expected  to  get 
under  way  in  December. 
Completion  is  estimated  to  occur 
in  about  a  year.  # 

Currently,  steel  Is* on  order. 
Once  the  steel  has  arrived, 
builders  will  clear  the  area  at 
the  left  side  of  the  building, 
remove  the  fences  and  construct 
1  the  foundation. 

Part  of  the  expansion  project 
will  include  a  new  comprehen¬ 
sive  teen  center  to  service  the 
800  registered  adolescents  that 
visit  the  center.  Some  75  to  100 
teens  visit  daily. 


John  Feitelberg,  chairman  of 
the  club's  board  of  the  directors, 
said  the  present  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  is  "overflowing." 

The  teen  center  will  be 
designed  as  a  place  where  teens 
can  flock  to  after  school  and  on 
weekends  and  have  their  own 
space  for  music,  homework  or 
socializing. 

“It's  time  to  expand," 
Feitelberg  said.  “The  city  has  a 
real  need  for  a  teen  center." 

According  to  Peter 
McCarthy,  executive  director  of 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  the 
majority  of  teens  who  visit  the 
center  are  not  involved  in  any 
school  sports  or  extracurricular 
activities  and  do  not  have  part- 
time  jobs. 

McCarthy  said  that  what  they 
do  have  is  time  on  their  hands, 
which  can  sometimes  lead  to 
trouble. 

"The  daily  population  is 
growing,”  McCarthy  said.  “I  say 
we'll  triple  (it)." 

Besides  a  place  to  hang  out, 
play  basketball  or  take  a  swim, 
teens  will  be  offered  mentoring 
and  other  opportunities. 

"We’ll  quietly  slip  in  educa¬ 
tional  and  career  and  job  devel¬ 
opment,"  McCarthy  said. 

^  Turn  to  BOYS,  Page  A7 


Herald  News  Photo  by  DA  VE  SOUZA 


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Junior  Games/c^m  Tournament 

FALL  RIVER  The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  finished  first  in  a 
Junior  Gamesroom  Tournament  held  recent¬ 
ly- 

The  events  were  as  follows: 

Billiards  —  1.  Malika  Little  John  (Newport, 
RI),  2.  Jazmin  Grace  (Fall  River),  3.  Victoria 
Estrella  (Fall  River),  4.  Sandrine  Fernandes 


(o/HfO* 

soccer  feat 


Boys’  Club  socter  feagues 

•  FALL  RTVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  has  announced  it  will  be  begin¬ 
ning  its  soccer  leagues.  The  Club  will  run 
leagues  for  Junior  Boys  (ages  8-12), 
Intermediates  (co-ed  ages  13-16)  and  Girls 
(ages  8-14). 

A  sign-up  night  for  each  league  has 
been  planned.  All  interested  players  should 
show  up  on  their  assigned  night. 

The  Junior  Boys  League  will  have  regis¬ 
tration  on  Oct.  29  at  5:30  p.m.  The 
Intermediates  will  register  on  Nov.  6  at  5:30 
p.m.  The  Girls  League  will  register  on  Nov. 

7  at  5:30  p.m. 

The  Junior  Boys  will  play  their  games 
on  Tuesday  nights  and  Saturday  after¬ 
noons.  The  Intermediates  will  play  games 
on  Wednesday  nights.  The  Girls  League 
will  take  place  Thursday  nights. 

All  teams  will  play  a  10-game  schedule. 

\  including  a  playoff  and  championship 
series.  League  rules  require  all  players  to 
play  in  at  least  a  half  of  each  game 

For  more  information,  contact  Kevin  1 
Vorro  at  508-672-6340. 


n-*» 


Newport  Boys  &  Girls  win 
Gamesroom  tournament 

NEWPORT.  R.l.  -  The 
Newport  Boys  &  Girls  Club  recent¬ 
ly  hosted  a  Junior  Boys 
Gamesrooom  Tournament.  The 
host  finished  first  followed  by 
Pawtucket,  Fall  River, 
Cumberland/Lincoln,  Fox  Point 
and  Brockton.  .  i 1  j  ^  o 

The  winners: 

Air  Hockey:  1.  Brandon  Johnson 
(Fall  River),  2.  Jarvis  Gonzalez 
(Pawtucket),  3  Robbie  Williams  (Fall 
River),  4  Jean  Carlos  Villar  (Brockton),  i 
Billiards:  i  Mark  Gonsalves  (Newport), 

2.  Zac  Park  (CirnbertartilJncolri),  3.  Petto  ! 
Cairene  (FaJ  River),  4  Keith  Turner  (Newport). 

Bumper  Pool:  1  Keith  Turner 
(Newport),  2  Corey  Banks  (Newport). 

3.  Lester  Gonzalez  (Pawtucket).  4. 
Jarvis  Gonsalez  (Pawtucket), 

Foosball  1  Wesley  Gonzalez 
(Pawtucket).  2  Juan  Montanez 
(Newport),  3  Kelee  Speed  (Brockton), 

4.  Flaco  Espada  (Fox  Point). 

Ping  Pong:  1.  Wesley  Gonzalez 
(Pawtucket).  2.  Adam  Barlow  (Fall 
River).  3.  Josh  Gonzalez  (Pawtucket). 

4.  Mark  Gonsalves  (Newport). 


~  Fall  River  wins  tournament  \/ 

iXf-ALL  river  —  The  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club 

hosted  and  won  the  Biddy  Gameroom 
Tournament  last  Saturday. 

Newport  was  second. 

A  senior  tournament  will  be  held  this 
Saturday  at  the  Pawtucket  Club. 

S  Aureo  Barbosa  of  Fall  River  led  the  way  He 
was  the  only  double  winner,  taking  the  billiards 

won  the  foosball  crown 
Other  top  local  finishers  included  Corey 
Chaves  in  billiards  (third),  Sabrina  Gutierrez  in 
bumper  pool  (third),  Jeremy  Folger  “  (c*5.e 
(third)  and  Marquis  Turner  in  foosball  (third). 
Fall  River  also  was  second  in  spelling. 


Cadet  Basketball  League 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Chew  Boys'  and  Girls' 
Club  started  Cadet  Basketball  League. 

Members  receive  instructional  drills  and 
also  play  games.  Any  member  between  the 
ages  of  5-8  are  eligible. 

For  further  information,  contact  John  P. 
Ciullo  at  the  club  at  (508-672-6340). 


Local  dignitaries  and  members  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
in  Fall  River  gathered  Tuesday  to  break  ground  on  an  addition  which 


Herald  News  Photo  by  DAVE  SOUZA 


and  Girls  Club  on  Bedford  Street 
will  feature  a  teen  center. 


Boys:  Ground  broken 


From  Page  A1 

The  expanded  facility  will 
also  include  two  levels  of  neatly 
planned  space,  a  new  main 
entrance  designed  to  be  safer 
and  more  accessible  to  buses  and 
vehicles,  an  outside  play  area, 
basketball  court  and  picnic  area, 
a  large  multi-purpose  room  and 
several  program  rooms,  as  well 
as  a  brand  new  120-seat  dining 
area  and  state-of-the-art  kitchen. 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
serves  some  150  to  200  meals  each 
night.  Last  week,  the  club  saw  its 
meal  record  broken  when  206 
kids  showed  up  for  supper. 

“It's  not  a  bad  thing." 
McCarthy  said.  "The  most  stress¬ 
ful  time  of  day  (for  parents)  is 
supper  time.” 

Meals  are  free  to  all  kids  and 
are  provided  by  a  grant  from  the 


Greater  Boston  Food  Bank. 
There  are  no  papers  to  fill  out  or 
income  guidelines  to  be  met. 

Restrooms  and  locker  rooms 
will  also  be  refurbished  as  part 
of  the  plan,  and  other  areas, 
like  the  swimming  pool  will  be 
renovated. 

It's  "much  more  than  a  gym 
and  swim,"  said  Feitelberg. 

U.S,  Rep.  Barney  Frank,  D- 
Mass..  who  in  the  1980s  worked 
out  regularly. at  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club,  said  he  was  flattered 
to  be  included  in  the  ground¬ 
breaking  ceremony  and  touted 
the  expansion  program. 

"What  you’re  doing  is  about 
as  important  a  piece  of  work  as 
can  be  done,”  Frank  said. 

Mayor  Edward  M.  Lambert 
Jr.  was  also  on  hand. 

"This  facility  has  had  a 
tremendous  impact  on  the  city 


for  generations."  Lambert  said. 
"Parents  work  and  kids  need  role 
models  and  motivation,  not  just 
for  the  body,  but  for  the  soul." 

State  Rep.  Michael  J. 
Rodrigues,  D-Westport.  said  he 
understood  the  club's  need  to 
expand  and  provide  space  for 
teens. 

“The  work  you  do  is  so  vitally 
important.”  Rodrigues  said. 
"After  school  to  8  p.m.  is  so  cru¬ 
cial”  for  the  kids. 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  has 
been  located  on  Bedford  Street 
since  1967.  The  first  building  was 
built  on  Third  Street  in  1897.  A 
local  clergyman,  Thomas  Chew, 
was  responsible  for  getting  the 
project  off  the  ground. 


Allard-Bernardi 
reached  at 
dbernardi@heraldnews.com. 


Deborah 
may  be 


SPORTS 


Local  Swimming 


Flyers  swim  past  Barracudas 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys' 
and  Girls'  Club  swim  team,  the  Fall  River 
Flyers,  followed  last  week's  meet  vs. 
Cumberland-Lincoln  with  an  impressive 
effort  against  the  Newport  Boys'  and 
Girls'  Club  Barracudas. 

With  a  258-166  victory,  Fall  River’s 
swimmers  combined  successful  relays 
and  improved  times,  a  result  of  their  hard 
work.  Meet  results: 

8  &  under  division 
Boys 

Alex  Benjamin  placed  third  in  freestyle  (32.16) 
and  fourth  in  backstroke  (31.05):  Jeremy  Folger 
placed  second  in  breaststroke  (31.34)  and  third  In 
backstroke  (31 .26) 

Girls 

Britney  Benjamin  placed  first  in  both  backstroke 
(27.03)  and  bullertly  (29.36);  Courtney  Dias  placed 
third  In  breaststroke  (44,62);  Sarah  Desmarals 
placed  second  In  freestyle  (23.23);  Jena  Francis 
placed  first  in  breaststroke  (27.66);  Lexl  Mendonca 
placed  second  in  backstroke  (3143),  Kristen 
Montour!  placed  Hrst  in  freestyle  (19.98)  and  second 
In  breaststroke  (3  1,25) 

Desmarals.  Francis  Benjamin  and  Sara  Medeiros 
placed  first  in  100-yard  medley  relay  (1  49,65) 

Montourl.  Desmarais  Francis  and  Medeiros 
placed  first  In  100-yard  freestyle  relay  (1.37.61). 


9_ft_lQ-year-o|d  division 

Boys 

Jared  Batisla  placed  first  in  freestyle  (45.34)  and 
second  In  backstroke  (55.71);  Jack  Grace  placed  first 
in  breaststroke  (1  03.38)  and  second  In  backstroke 
(55.71) 

Girls 

Cassle  Benjamin  placed  second  In  butterfly  (46- 
24);  Amanda  Couture  placed  second  in  both  freestyle 
(40.05)  and  breaststroke  (55.19);  Kyla  Looker  placed 
second  In  the  100-yard  Individual  Medley  (1.46,85) 
and  third  in  Ihe  butterfly  (50.55),  Melyssa  Looker 
placed  first  In  Ihe  backstroke  (47.59).  Amanda 
Medeiros  placed  first  in  breaststroke  (53.19)  and 
third  in  freestyle  (45.03). 

M,  Looker.  Medeiros,  Benjamin  and  Looker 
placed  first  in  200-yard  freestyle  relay  (2,42.34). 

11  &  12-vear-old  division 

Boys 

Ben  Demeule  placed  first  in  backstroke  (43.39) 
and  second  in  freestyle  (35.27))  Thomas  Gonsalves 
placed  first  in  both  freestyle  (34,47)  and  butterfly 
(44.83);  Thomas  Landry  placed  first  in  both  the  100- 
yard  Individual  Medley  (1.29.41)  and  breaststroke 
(48.03) 

Girls 

Melanie  Brown  placed  lirsl  in  Ihe  100-yard 
Individual  Medley  (1.33.20)  and  backstroke  (37.16); 
Victoria  Estrella  placed  third  in  treestyle  (41.63); 
Amanda  Medeiros  placed  third  In  backstroke  (49.50) 

Estrella,  Amy  Astle.  Medeiros  and  Brown  placed 
second  in  the  200-yard  treestyle  relay  (2.45.25) 


13  &  14-veer-old  division 

Boys 

Corey  Bedard  placed  first  butterfly  (1.52.97)  and 
second  In  backstroke  (1.48.02);  Chris  Demeule 
placed  first  in  breaststroke  (1.27.08)  and  second  In 
Ireeslyle  (1.06.67);  William  McGuinness  first  in  both 
freestyle  (59.49)  and  backstroke  (1.09.32). 

McGulness.  Demeule.  Bedard  and  Hector 
Morales  placed  first  in  the  200-yard  freestyle  relay 
(2,17.30). 

Girls 

Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  In  breaststroke 
(139. 51)  and  third  In  the  200-yard  Individual  medley 
(3.10,80);  Nicole  Astle  placed  third  In  treestyle 
(1.40.11). 

Nicole  Montourl  placed  first  in  backstroke  f 
(1.32.61)  and  second  In  freestyle  (1.25.44);  Jessica 
Robinson  placed  second  in  both  the  200-yard  / 
Individual  medley  (3.01.14)  and  butterfly  (1.29.88).  I 

Monlouri,  Alves,  Robinson  and  Astle  placed  first  i 
In  the  200-yard  Medley  relay  (2.46.55). 

15-18  year-old  division 

Boys 

Daniel  Astle  placed  second  in  freestyle  (1.24.20); 
Jell  McGulness  placed  first  In  both  freeslyle  (59.20) 
and  bullertly  (1.16,09), 

Girls 

Samantha  Ramos  placed  first  In  both  freestyle 
(1.11  40)  and  backstroke  (1.24  46). 

The  Flyers  next  meet  will  be  Dec.  7  at 
home  vs.  the  Newport  Blues. 


Post  Cereals  Is  committed  to  nourishing 
America's  kids  and  families.  Recognizing 
that  kids  need  a  safe  place  to  learn,  grow, 
and  play,  Post  is  donating  S3  million  to 
Boys  &  Girls  Clubs  of  America  to  create 
"Foundations  For  The  Future." 

This  program  is  providing  critical  funds 
to  help  build  or  renovate  30  Boys 
St  Girls  Clubs  across  the  country. 

Boys  St  Girls  Clubs  have  been  providing 
low-cost,  high-quality  after  school  and. 
summer  programs  for  more  than 
140  years.  With  professionally  trained 
staff  and  character-building  programs, 
Boys  Sr  Girls  Clubs  help  our  children 
realize  their  full  potential. 

Boys  St  Girls  Clubs  also  offer  outstanding 
opportunities  for  children  to  develop  their 
musical  talents.  Many  Clubs  offer  music 
education,  instrument  lessons,  and  many 
other  performing  arts  programs!  At  Boys 
St  Girls  Clubs,  children  can  explore  the 
world  ot  music  and  hone  their  skills  in  a 
safe  and  nurturing  environment. 

For  more  information  about  Boys  St  Girls 
Clubs  of  America  or  to  locate  a  Club 
near  you,  call  1-800-854-CLUB,  or  visit 
www.bgca.org. 

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Camp:  Finding  hope 


From  Page  A1 

Crystal  Bruno,  16,  of  Fall 
River,  came  to  the  camp  last  year 
because  she  was  mourning  the 
death  of  a  grandfather  who  was 
like  a  father  to  her.  She  returned 
this  year  as  a  junior  counselor. 

“I  love  working  with  little 
kids,"  said  Crystal,  who  spent  her 
time  helping  the  youngest 
campers.  “I  love  to  see  the  smiles 
on  their  faces.  They  lost  someone, 
just  like  I  did.  Just  because 
jhey're  little  doesn't  mean  they 
don't  have  feelings,” 

Crystal  said  she  felt 
comfortable  at  the  camp  because 
she  knew  some  of  the  volunteers 
'from  Hospice  who  cared  for  her 
grandfather. 

"The  camp  is  a  great  idea.  It 
helped  me.  I  got  to  talk  and  share 
my  feelings  with  kids  who  felt  the 
same  way,"  she  said. 

Home  Depot  in  Taunton 
provided  the  materials  for  crafts 
and  some  of  its  employees 
volunteered  to  help  the  campers 
-complete  the  projects:  wooden 
ring  boxes  and  wooden 
schooners.  Bob  Souza  of  Home 
Depot  said  he  was  happy  to  be 


involved  last  year  and  again  this 
year. 

“It's  fantastic."  Souza  said. 
"One  of  the  core  values  of  Home 
Depot  is  giving  back.  The  people 
that  work  and  shop  in  our  stores 
are  the  community." 

Although  there  was  a  wide 
range  of  ages  at  the  camp,  Souza 
and  his  three  associates  helped 
even  the  youngest  campers 
complete  their  projects.  He  said 
when  the  kids  first  saw  the  wood 
and  materials  they  had  to  work 
with,  they  were  puzzled.  Then 
they  began  to  realize  they  could 
complete  the  task  and  finally  they 
got  a  sense  of  accomplishment.  "I 
mostly  like  looking  at  their 
faces."  Souza  said. 

One  girl  named  her  schooner 
the  SS  George,  in  memory  of  her 
father.  All  the  projects  were 
related  to  memories  of  loved 
ones.  Meredith  Brennan,  who  is 
in  the  first  grade,  brought  a 
schooner  craft  kit  home  for  her 
brother,  who  couldn't  go  to  camp. 
Their  father  died  recently. 

Last  year,  only  25  campers 
participated  so  Caring  Kids  Camp 
is  really  growing,  said  Michelle 
Clark,  bereavement  coordinator 


for  Hospice  Care  of  Greater 
Taunton,  and  Jutfk  Joncas, 
bereavement  coordinator  for 
Hospice  Outreach  of  Fall  River, 

The  organization  has 
bereavement  groujls'for  kids 
during  the  year,  but  now  that 
school's  out.  they  said  Hospice 
wanted  to  offer  a  summer 
program.  "More  and  more 
Hospices  are  stalling  to  do  this,” 
Joncas  said. 

About  20  Hospice  volunteers 
worked  at  the  camp  Saturday. 
Domino’s  Pizza  and  Subway 
provided  the  food  and  Tremblay's 
Bus  Co.  provided  the 
transportation  at  no  cost.  Funeral 
homes  and  Rotary  Clubs  took 
care  of  other  expenses.  Each 
camper  received  a  tote  bag  with  a 
T-shirt,  a  book  and  a  water  bottle 
in  it. 

Clark  said  17  of  the  campers 
from  the  Taunton  area  lost  either 
their  mother  or  father  in  the  last 
year  or  so.  Not  all  of  the  people 
who  died  were  Hospice  patients. 

A  memorial  service  will  take 
place  at  the  camp  today. 

Kathleen  Durand  may  be  reached 
at  kdutand@heraldnews.com. 


Youth  from  the  | 
Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  attended  the 
Boston  Celtics 
game  against  the 
Los  Angeles  Lakers 
on  Nov.  17.  As 
guests  in  the 
•McDonald's 
Community  Corner’ 
the  children  had  the 
opportunity  to  see 
both  teams  in  the 


shoot-around; 


Submitted  Photo 


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,20.000.- 

-  Twenl'j  Tliousand  dollars  r 

mfS&lu 


Deja  Brown,  5,  front,  and 
Alison  Medeiros,  6,  hold 
some  of  the  1 QO  gifts 
donated  to  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  by  Fleet  Bank 
branches  which  distributed 
them  to  families  in  need.  The 
kids  were  looking  over  the 
presents  to  see  how  they 
sized  up. 

'  a  Jds  I  o 

Herald  News  Photo  by 
OMAR  BRADLEY 


Christmas 
generosity 
shown  at 
Boys  and 
Girls  Club 


.  92.  and  Clem  Dawllng.  88.  received  lifetime  membership  awards  in  memory 


-Computer  class  starts 

♦Jj  FALL  RIVER  —  A  beginner’s  computer 
class  will  be  starting  on  Monday.  Jan.  12, 
at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  on  Bedford  Street. 

The  two-hour  course  will  be  held  from  6 
to  8:30  p.m,  and  will  run  for  seven  weeks. 
This  course  is  geared  for  people  who  have 
no  computer  knowledge. 

Personal  instruction  and  hands-on 
experience  are  an  integral  part  of  this 
course.  The  fee  is  $75.  payable  at  the  first 
class. 

Registration  is  required  and  can  be 
made  by  calling  volunteer  coordinator 
Theresa  Burke  at  508-677-9686. 


Boys  Club  Junior  Olympics 

n  “  T,ie  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 

oirls  Club  has  awiounced  the  top  finishers  in  two  Junior 
Olympic  events. 

. .  ^durance  race:  (age  9-11)  l,  Andrew  Belyea.  Katelyn 
Martm  -  Alexandra  Lees.  Kolby  Perry.  3.  Bill  Lynn;  (age  12- 
ti  u  5?“  He™ian'  Thomas  Paquet.  2.  Megan  Bergeron, 
Lnc  Houtman.  3,  Shane  Barbosa.  Erika  Houtman. 
m  ^  9'11)  Corey  Lupachim,  Bill  Lynn.  Katelyn 

Martin.  Kolby  Perry.  Seth  Souza;  (age  12-15)  Megan  Bergeron. 
Latisha  Herman.  Erika  Houtman. 


Boys’  &  Girls’  Club  Swimming 


l  MIDI&OOA 


Flyers  handle  the  Blues 

FALL  RIVER  —  Complementing  a  two-  GIRLS  —  Cassie  Reniamin  olarpri  firct  in  13  A  14-uMr  run  niwici««. 


oureiro 
-  —ceiro  CD 


JRISTOL  -  David  Loureiro,  o  conhecido  artista  da 
omun.dadc,  coma  ja  com  tres  Cds,  e  esti  sempre  em 
iscensao. 

Natural  da  vila  de  Agua  Pau.  na  ilha  de  Sao  Miguel 
migrou  para  os  Estados  Unidos  em  1988,  flxando-se  na 
ona  de  Bnstol,  R.I. 

Desde  muito  novo  que  Loureiro  se  dedica  ks  cantinas 
lomeadamente  no  grupo  coral  da  sua  Igreja. 

Nos  Estados  Unidos  tem-se  dedicado  de  alma  e  coracao 

mqsica  tendo  reahzado  variadissimos  espectaculos  na 
'iova  Inglaterra,  no  Canada,  Bermuda  e  nos  Azores,  sendo 
i  maiona  das  letras  e  musicas  da  sua  autoria,  sendo  assim 
ambem  urn  talento  como  compositor. 

Este  cantor  apresenta-se  muitas  vezes  com  conjunto 
Dnyativo.  onde  a  saudade  e  alegria  se  combinam  numa 
— Pra  emotjva  som  e  m,isjca  que  verdadeiramente 

,  consegue  atingir  uma  alta 

iS. 

,  ao  teor  das  suas  letras  e  a 

3  nosso  meio  artfstico. 


Local  Sports  Briefs 


(Pawtucket,  R.I.). 

Bumper  pool  —  1.  Brittney  Fernandes  (Fall 
River).  2.  Mariah  Moore  (Newport.  R.I  ).  3. 
Kayla  Delgado  (New  Bedford).  4.  Shelly 
Depina  (New  Bedford). 

Checkers  —  1.  Ashley  Cabral  (Fall  River). 
2.  Brittny  Fernandes  (Fall  River),  3.  Jackie 
Delgado  (New  Bedford).  4.  Katharine  Rivera 
(Pawtucket.  R.I.). 

Foosball  —  1.  Sheila  Dos  Santos 

(Pawtucket.  R.I.).  2.  Katharine  Rivera 

(Pawtucket.  R.I.).  3.  Alicia  Tavares  (Fall 
River),  4.  Jacqueline  Roberts  (New  Bedford). 

Table  hockey  —  1.  Stephanie  Gomes  (New 
Bedford).  2.  Marissa  Fernandes  (Fall  River).  3. 
Sandra  Fernandes  (Pawtucket.  R.I.).  4.. 
Latasha  Myers  (Brockton). 

Trivia  —  1.  New  Bedford.  2.  Brockton.  3. 
Newport,  R.I. 

There  will  be  a  Biddy  Gamesroom  Tourney 
on  Saturday  beginning  at  11  a.m. 


-Da_Minha  Varanda 

POR  MANUEL  F.  ESTRELA 


FALL  RIVER  —  Complementing  a  two- 
meet  home  winning  streak,  the  Fall  River 
Boys’  &  Girls’  Club  Flyers  captured  an 
impressive  victory  over  the  Newport  Blues 
on  Saturday. 

With  many  swimmers  improving  their 
times,  the  Flyers  defeated  the  Blues.  238-150. 

Meet  Results 
8  &  Under  Division 

BOYS  —  Alex  Benjamin  placed  third  in 
backstroke  (38.64);  Aaron  Deni  place  first  in 
both  freestyle  (19.83)  and  backstroke  (25.30): 
Jeremy  Folger  placed  first  in  breaststroke 
(35.24)  and  third  in  freestyle  (23.83). 

GIRLS  —  Britney  Benjamin  placed  sec¬ 
ond  in  both  backstroke  (27.42)  and  butterfly 
(36.62);  Courtney  Dias  placed  third  in  back- 
stroke  (28.85);  Sarah  Desmarais  placed  fourth 
in  freestyle  (23.25);  Sara  Medeiros  placed  sec¬ 
ond  in  breaststroke  (32.09);  Kristen  Montouri 
placed  second  in  freestyle  (20.58)  and  third  in 
breaststroke  (33.47). 

Desmarais.  Montouri.  Benjamin  and  Sara 
Medeiros  placed  second  in  100  yard  medley 
relay  (1.51.27);  Medeiros,  Dias,  Lexi 
Mendonca  and  Desmarais  placed  first  in  100 
yard  freestyle  relay  (1.43.84). 

9  &  10-year  Old  Division 

BOYS  —  Jack  Grace  placed  second  in 
freestyle  (48.20)  and  third  in  breaststroke 
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GIRLS  —  Cassie  Benjamin  placed  first  in 
the  100  yard  Individual  Medley  (1.45.90); 
Amanda  Couture  placed  first  in  fVeestyle 
(38.79)  and  second  in  breaststroke  (53.59); 
Kyla  Looker  placed  first  in  the  butterfly 
(50.66);  Melyssa  Looker  placed  first  in  the 
backstroke  (46.21);  Amanda  Medeiros  placed 
second  in  freestyle  (42.67)  and  fourth  in 
breaststroke  (54.41). 

M.  Looker,  Medeiros,  Benjamin  and  K. 
Looker  placed  first  in  the  100  yard  medley 
relay  (2.42.34). 

11  &  12-vear  Old  Division 

BOYS  —  Ben  Demeule  placed  first  in 
freestyle  (37.48)  and  second  in  backstroke 
(47.08):  Dylan  Bedard  placed  second  in 
freestyle  (42.15);  Thomas  Gonsalves  placed 
first  butterfly  (43.98)  and  third  in  the  100 
yard  Individual  Medley  (1.34.78);  Thomas 
Landry  placed  first  in  breaststroke  (48.65) 
and  second  in  the  100  yard  Individual  Medley 
(1.31.06). 

Demeule.  Bedard,  Landry  and  Gonsalves 
placed  first  in  the  200  yard  freestyle  relay 
(2.33.14). 

GIRLS  —  Melanie  Brown  placed  first  in 
the  backstroke  (38.30);  Amanda  Medeiros 
placed  third  in  both  freestyle  (43.01)  and 
backstroke  (46.08);  Amy  Astle  placed  second 
in  breaststroke  (1.02.67)  and  fourth  in 
freestyle  (45.35). 


13  &  14-year  Old  Division 

BOYS  —  Corey  Bedard  placed  first  in 
both  the  butterfly  (1.46.77)  and  backstroke 

(1.34.35) ;  John  Brown  placed  second  in  both 
freestyle  (1.14.35)  and  breaststroke  (1,33.56); 
Chris  Demeule  placed  first  in  both  breast¬ 
stroke  (1.28.18)  and  freestyle  (1.07.03); 
Bedard.  Brown.  Nick  Gouveia  and  Demeule 
placed  first  in  the  200  yard  medley  relay 
(2.29.12). 

GIRLS  —  Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  in 
breaststroke  (1.39.94)  and  second  in  the  200 
yard  Individual  Medley  (3.08.89);  Nicole  Astle 
placed  second  in  both  freestyle  (1.30.33)  and 
breaststroke  (1.58.52);  Nicole  Montouri 
placed  first  in  both  backstroke  (1.32.63)  and 
freestyle  (1.25.70);  Jessica  Robinson  placed 
first  in  both  the  200  yard  Individual  Medley 
(3.01.45)  and  butterfly  (1.30.51). 

Montouri.  Alves,  Robinson  and  Astle 
placed  first  in  the  200  yard  freestyle  relay 

(2.28.36) . 

15-18-vear  Old  Division 

GIRLS  —  Samantha  Ramos  placed  first 
in  both  freestyle  (1.14.26)  and  backstroke 
(1.28.73);  Jackie  Lourenco  placed  first  in 
breaststroke  (1.33.97)  and  second  in  freestyle 
(1.29.45). 

The  Flyers  next  meet  will  be  this 
Saturday  at  home  versus  the  East 
Providence  Tidal  Waves. 


Fund  drive  helped 
important  cause 

During  the  recent  holiday 
season,  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
held  its  first  year-end  fund 
drive  Many  of  the  club's 
friends,  both  old  and  new.  unit¬ 
ed  to  contribute  almost  $7,000 
lor  the  social,  physical  and  char¬ 
acter  development  programs 
that  we  offer  to  the  more  than 
2,000  young  people  who  are 
members  of  the  club. 

1  would  like  especially  to 
thank  the  employees  and  cus¬ 
tomers  of  the  local  Fleet  Bank 
branches  who  donated  not  only 
money  but  also  toys  to  make  the 
holidays  brighter  for  50  children. 

All  the  donors  to  the  drive 
have  helped  us  make  a  differ¬ 
ence  in  the  lives  of  the  children 
we  serve  in  the  Fall  River  com¬ 
munity.  Your  support  is  greatly 
appreciated. 


Peter  McCarthy 
executive  director 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club 


A  “nudeza”  de  ideias  e  atitudes 

Diz-se  que  em  democraeia  “o  povo  i  quern  mais 
ordena  mas  o  povo  manifestou-.se  na  reuniao  do  passa- 
do  d.a  3  da  "Planning  Board,”  de  Fall  River,  contra  a 
abertura  de  urn  estabelecimento  de  diversao  onde  sera 
permitida  a  apresenta9a0.de  pessoas  nuas... 
Nomeadamente  urn  jomal  local,  afirmou  em  sub-tftulo: 
apesar  da  ira  dos  vizinhos'’  —  o  tal  povo. 

Afinal  quern  manda? 

Quern  manda  deve  obedecer  as  leis,  e  nao  ha  qual- 
quer  lei  que  obrigue  ou  que  aconselhe  a  espectdculos 
destes.  essencialmente  contra  a  vontade  da  vizinha^a 
Serd  .sso  progresso?  Moda?  Ou  antes,  uma  tentacao 
de  conseguir  dinheiro  facil  e  sujo? 

Nao  queremos  ser  apontados  como  pessoa  da  idade 
media,  ate  porque  nao  o  somos...  mas  quern  quer  ter  res- 
peito,  tern  que  respeitar...  E  que  respeito  mereceu  a  vizi- 
nhan9a  que  foi  contra  a  decisao? 

Estamos  nos  Estados  Unidos  —  a  terra  da  liberdade 
t  verdade,  com  certeza,  mas  a  liberdade  de  uns  acaba 
quando  atmge  ou  prejudica  a  outros.  Assim  e  que  e 
democraeia.  Assim  6  que  se  vive  em  democraeia. 

Por  outro  lado,  a  grande  maioria  dos  habitantes  de 
hall  River  nao  foi  respeitada  nas  suas  trad^oes,  usos  e 
costumes.  E  quern  podera  beneficiar  com  urn  negocio 
’  destes?  b 

Se  querem  urn  divertimento  deste  genero,  que  vao 
para  fora  da  drea  habitacional,  ou  pelo  menos  que  res- 
peitem  a  opimao  de  quern  vive  perto  e  nao  concorda 
Quern  nao  concorda  tambem  tern  direitos  que  devem  ser 
respeitados. 

Daqui  chamamos  a  aten9§o  das  autoridades,  dos  elei- 
tos  que  sempre  dizem  que  vao  servir,  que  vao  trabalhar 
para  a  comunidade.  para  zelarem  pelos  bens  de  cada 
qual  e  para  fazerem  respeitar  a  opiniao  da  maioria  dos 
vizinhos. 

Temos  visto  casos  reprovados  pela  tal  “Planning 
Board,  tendo  em  aten9ao  a  vizinhan9a...  Porque  nao 
aconteceu  o  mesmo  criterio  agora? 

Esta  atitude  proporciona-nos  ter  o  direito  a  indigna9ao. 
por  permitirem  a  abertura  de  um  “negdcio"  destes.  e 
essencialmente  por  nao  terem  em  conta  a  vontade  das 
pessoas  que  nao  querem  tal  coisa  perto  das  suas  portas, 
por  varias  razoes,  nomeadamente  porque  apreciam 
outros  valores  morais,  e  porque  pensam  que  as  suas  pro- 
priedades  ficarao  desvalorizadas. 

E  mnguem  tern  direito  de  desvalorizar  a  propriedade  de 
outrem. 

Se  e  verdade  que  vai  frequentar  esse  entretenimento 
para  adultos  quern  quer, 

ja  que  ninguem  a  isso  e  obrigado.  o  mesmo  se  dizia  do 
casino  que  foi  reprovado  pela  popula9ao  e  ate  pela  Igre- 
ja. 

Que  haja  coerencia  entre  quern  decide,  para  poder- 
mos  acreditar  na  politica  e,  agora  so  resta  esperar  que 
outras  instancias  possam  ser  mais  correctas,  isentas  e 
respeitadoras  da  vontade  das  pessoas. 

Infelizmente  ja  existem  na  regiao  outros  negocios  no 
genero,  onde  os  adultos  possam  gastar  dinheiro.  sem  se 
respeitarem  e  muitas  vezes  sem  respeitarem  quern  tern 
em  casa,  mas  o  mundo  foi,  e  e  sera  assim  sempre:  “si 
custa  dos  menos  avisados  vivem  outros  mais  avisados," 
quase  sempre  sem  escrupulos. 

Em  vias  de  perdermos  regalias  conquistadas  ha  anos, 
como  os  Programas  Bilingues  e  outros  programas.  que 
fizeram  e  fazem  muito  bem,  vao  dar-nos  marijuana  e 
"strip  tease."  Para  onde  caminhamos...? 


n.  Pec.,  ic,,  aLooa 

Chew  swimmers 
fall  in  close  meet 

FALL  RIVER  —  With  a  282-194  loss  to  East 
Providence,  the  Thomas  Chew  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
made  a  valiant  effort  but  came  up  short  in  their  Dec. 
14th  meet. 

Meet  Results 
8-and-under  boys  division 

Alex  Benjamin  placed  third  in  the  backstroke  (35.28)  and  fourth  in 

27  In’.h08!  D?Dm  placed  second  ln  'be  butterfly 

‘7rt 55)  ®n' d  third  in  the  freestyle  (18  18)  Jeremy  Folder  placed  sec¬ 
ond  in  the  breaststroke  (29,99)  and  fourth  in  the  freestyle  (22  90) 

_  „  8-and-under  girls  division 

Britney  Benjamin  placed  first  in  the  freestyle  (22.31)  and  second 

<pfih«fntbanrtr^  (h2,9  .  ,Co.u,1ney  Dias  P|aced  lhlrd  In  both  freestyle 
£6-50)  » Hd  the  breaststroke  (41.96).  Sarah  Desmarais  placed  sec- 
°nd'"  heL  backstroke  (26.67)  Jena  Francis  placed  first  in  both  The 
p[®af's,roke  i2.7®5)  and  ,he  backstroke  (25.29).  Sara  Medeiros 
fhaChdMSe,ji0n?J.n  ,(®es,y|e  (23.48).  Lexi  Mendonca  placed  fourth  in 
5b  f  ^  (34  T  *'  £nslen  Montouri  placed  first  In  the  butterfly 
(28.41)  and  second  In  breaststroke  (29.41). 

Medeiros  Francis.  Mendonca  and  Dias  placed  first  In  the  100- 
^ard  '^,aslVle  (1W  Benjamin,  Francis.  Montouri  and 
Desmarais  placed  first  in  the  100  yard  freestyle  (137  32) 

,  .  9- and  10-year-old  boys  division 

freesMn B?4S  '“E*!8 ^°nd  in  lh,e  backslroke  (52.87)  and  third  In 

vm  nm  J„h  ’.h? li  JauCk  bGrafe  placed  second  in  breaststroke 

Kteas  f?S)k8 154  781  Koim  ^ 

9-  and  10-year-old  girls  division 
Tasha  Folger  placed  fourth  In  backstroke  (46,43).  Amanda 
ISSyte  (4^88? Ih,fd  ln  'he  breas<s,f0ke  (54.56)  and  fourth  In  the 

m  tho8iL™?ke,H's,8f  n10lned  Medel,os  and  Beniamin  to  place  second 
'  medley  relay  1:23.81),  while  Couture,  the  Looker 

(2  37  43)  d  B  1  p  aced  lirsl  in  lhe  200  Vard  freestyle  relay 
11- and  12-year  old  boys  division 
sirnBk8pnMl  7m  nP  !Ceo  lplrd ' n  freestyle  (36.99)  and  second  in  back- 
anrt  hLitf  i«i!'  5®dST?  Placed  fourth  In  both  freestyle  (46.67) 
nn  In 8 8 LTh ° s  Gonsalves  placed  first  in  butlertly 
Thnmic  ,  6  ®ecc!nd  'n  the  100-yard  individual  medley  (1,31.95) 
Th°^as(  Landry  placed  third  in  the  100  individual  medley  (1.32.89). 
uairt^rti  6'  ^pnsefves.  Landry  and  Bedard  placed  first  in  the  200- 
yard  medley  relay  (2:53.3883). 

xxQi^ni„  o  1V  and,1 2-year  old  girls  division 
in  S  '[Sl  lnTe  backstroke  (38.08)  and  second 

SJohiISST a?  ,adiv'dual  medley  (1.28  34).  Amanda  Medeiros 
§reas?s  ^take  (45,88)  Amy  Astle  placed  second  In  both 

breaststroke  (1,03.37)  and  freestyle  (43,65). 

r-n,„  d  ,  ^  13- and  1 4-year-old  boys  division 
stnflm  atdnn  p  a?ed^fsl  In  both  the  butterfly  (1  42.36)  and  back- 
f  36  as  3r'hri2'  n°hn  T°W?  p  aced  second  'n  the  breaststroke 
40  i  q  'anH  ^,i2  TUon^lace,d  ,irsl  in  both  lhe  breaststroke 
(1  40.19)  and  third  In  the  200-yard  individual  medley  (3:09  76) 

’3-  and  14-year-old  girls  division 
ihuH^n  madonnA  ',e51Piac!,d  second  in  breaststroke  (1:40.19)  and 
thud  In  the  200-yard  Individual  medley  (3  09  76)  Nicole  Astle  olacpd 
“2  ';»«»!•  11  28  681  and  fourth  |A 

Montoun  placed  second  In  backstroke  (1:30.76)  and  fourth  in 
'reTSre,'V2®;74»-  dess|ca  Robinson  placed  second  In  lhe  200-yard 
lfldMnntn  (2£6|80>  and  ,lrsl  in  butterfly  (1.27.02). 

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„  15-18-year  old  girls  division 

bacS^rnk2hfi  pa' Ri°f  ?^ed  ,"rs'  ln  b0,h  freestyle  (1;12.93)  and 
(V32  78)  8  (1'26'81)'  Jackie  Lourenco  placed  first  In  breaststroke 


Honored  Members 


I  The  Board 
of 

'  Directors 
would  like 

I  to  take  this 

--Opportunity  to  introduce  two  new 
members  of  the  Club's  staff. 

Mary  J.  Leavenworth. 
our  Chief  Professional  Officer,  was 
•formerly  Director  of  Operations  at 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  Fall  River,  MA.  Mary’s 
past  experience  has  provided  her  with 
a  broad  background  in  operations 
|  management,  programs,  financial 
I  development,  public  relations  and 
I  board  interaction.  She  is  a  highly 


generous  gilt 


Herald  News  Photo  by  JACK  FOLEY 


Showing  off  the  big  donation  Compass  Bank  made  Thursday  to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club’s  capital  campaign,  from  left  are  Anthony  Cordeiro,  capital  campaign  co- 
chairman,  club  Executive  Director  Peter  McCarthy,  Compass  Bank  Vice  President  for 
Commercial  Lending  Roger  A.  Cabral  and  the  bank's  Regional  Vice  President  Joseph  A. 
Rodrigues. 


♦ 


John  and  Olga  Scanlon 


Bit.,. 

grounU.  •  - 
the  future 

Local  dignitaries  and 
members  ot  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  on  Bedford  St. 
In  Fall  River  recently 
broke  ground  tor  an  a- 
ddition  which  will  feature 
a  teen  center,  new 
entrance,  multi-purpose 
rooms,  computer  lab  and 
more. 

The  Bedford  St 
facility  opened  In  1967, 
replacing  a  Third  St 
building  in  use  since 
1897.  Completion  ot  the 
new  addition  and  the 
remodeling  ot  the 
existing  club  Is  expected 
to  take  about  a  year. 


Raymond  and  Janice  Romagnolo 


22  December  2002  /  The  South  Coast  INSIDER 


www  TheSouthCoastlnsider  com 


The  South  Coast  INSIDER  /  December  2002  2  3 


Lawyer:  Mello 
has  ‘wised  up’ 

Says  he  put  life  of  crime  behind  him 


/cl /a;  lOZ 

s  Ga 


By  MILTON  J.  VALENCIA 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

BOSTON  —  As  he  submitted 
some  100  letters  from  Timothy 
Mello's  friends  and  relatives  call¬ 
ing  the  accused  crime  boss  an  hon¬ 
est  man,  attorney  Anthony 
Cardinale  called  on  a  federal  judge 
to  release  him  from  jail  so  he  can 
spend  time  with  bis  family  while 
awaiting  a  racketeering  trial. 

Cardinale  blasted  accusations 
that  Mello.  46.  is  a  threat  to  the 
community  and  would  flee  if 
released,  and  said  Mello  has  been 
an  honest  man  who  “legitimized" 
himself  eight  years  ago  when  he 
bought  interest 
in  the  Tempest 
Fisheries  ware¬ 
house  on  New 
Bedford's  water¬ 
front. 

Mello  has 
known  about  the 
government’s 
Investigation 
into  his  crime 
ring  for  more 
than  two  years, 
so  he  could  have 
fled  before  he 
was  indicted  if  he 
really  wished,  _____ _____ 

Car  dinale  said. 

And  Mello's  friends  and  family 
live  in  southeastern 
Massachusetts,  so  he  would  not 
leave  the  area,  Cardinale  said. 

He  called  the  government’s 
label  of  Mello  as  a  "leader  of  a 
criminal  organization"  use  of 
"magic  words"  to  have  him 
detained. 

Following  Cardinale's  state¬ 
ments  Thursday.  U.S.  Magistrate 
Judge  Lawrence  P.  Cohen  ended  a 
twoday  hearing  to  determine  if 
Mello  should  be  released  on  bail, 
but  it  is  not  known  how  long  it  will 
take  the  judge  to  issue  a  ruling. 

'  As  security  for  his  release. 
Cardinale  said  Mello  will  abide  by 


court-ordered  conditions,  such  as 
house  arrest  with  an  electronic 
monitoring  bracelet.  And  Mello’s 
friends  and  family  offered  $3.2  mil¬ 
lion  in  real  estate  to  secure  a  bond 
for  Mello’s  release. 

Also,  various  businesses  and 
charities  that  received  donations 
from  Mello  and  his  business  sent 
letters  calling  Mello  an  honest 
man. 

According  to  court  documents, 
letters  were  sent  by  Peter 
McCarthy,  director  of  die  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
in  Fall  River,  confirming  Mello 
donated  fish  every  Friday  to  serve 
150  kids  during  the  organization’s 
summer  pro¬ 
gram,  and  also 
sponsored  vari¬ 
ous  camps. 

"I  know  he 
has  experienced 
some  problems 
in  the  past  and  I 
can  only  accoimt 
- Anthony  for  what  he  has 

Cardinale.  Timothy 

Mello’s  lawyer  past  years.” 

McCarthy  wrote 
in  a  letter  dated 
Sept.  23,  less 
_ -  than  a  week 


‘This  is  a  story  of 
redemption.  ’ 


after  Mello  was 

arrested. 

In  addition.  School  Committee 
member  Kevin  Aguiar,  who  has 
been  implicated  in  grand  jury  tes¬ 
timony  as  assisting  portions  of 
the  crime  ring’s  bookmaking 
activities,  sent  a  letter  on  behalf  of 
die  Maplewood  Babe  Ruth  League. 

Aguiar,  vice  president  of  the 
league,  said  Mello  has  helped  with 
various  programs  and  banquets. 

Normand  Yelle,  president  of 
the  Babe  Ruth  League,  is  a  co¬ 
defendant  in  Mello’s  crime  ring, 
charged  with  assisting  the  gam¬ 
bling  operation. 


Powwow  fund-raiser  set 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Pocasset  Tribe  and 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  will  hold  a 
powwow  titled  “Honor  the  Children"  from 
10  a  m.  to  r.  p.m.  Sunday.  Feb.  23.  at  the 
Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  803  Bedloid 
St  A  grand  entry  will  be  at  12:30  p.m, 

There  will  be  native  drumming,  authen¬ 
tic  native  crafts  and  jewelry,  singing,  danc¬ 
ing.  flute  playing,  food  and  beverages.  A 
donation  to  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  will 
ser  ve  as  general  admission.  The  event  is  a 
fund  raiser  for  the  expansion  and  renova¬ 
tion  of  the  Hoys  &  Girls  Club,  for  more 
Information,  call  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  at 
508  672-6340. 


&I9CD3 


Fire  defeats  Galaxy 
for  Jr.  Soccer  crown 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Fire 
captured  the  championship  of 
■the  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls’ 
Club's  Junior  Soccer  League, 
defeating  the  Galaxy,  2-1,  in 
sudden-death  overtime. 

The  Fire’s  Derek  Goncalo 
forced  overtime  be  redirecting  a 
Nathan  Reid  shot  into  the  goal 
with  two  seconds  left  in  regula¬ 
tion.  Keith  Omosafunmi  scored 
■with  four  minutes  left  in  over 

“"Douglas  Souza  scored  the 
Galaxy  goal. 

Dylan  Bedard  was  outstand 
tag  in  goal  tor  the  Fire.  Goalie 

S?  Andrade.  Souza  and 
htathan  Tavares  were  standouts 
for  the  Galaxy-  „ 

,  other  members  of  the  Lire 
include  Shawn  Miranda. 
Mamuis  Turner.  Joshua  Montz. 
Khalil  Ayoud.  and  Kyle  Sousa. 


Fall  River  swimmers 
fall  short  vs.  Newport 

yTrin  ^*Q-P,y  5.0CS.  ...  _ _ I-  nlarort  IlfSl  .0  bolt 

—  The  Thomas  _  r. 


FALL  RIVER 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers, 
recently  competed  in  a  tough  meet 
against  the  Newport  Blues,  dropping 
a  195-191  decision. 

While  some  Flyers  swimmers 
improved  their  individual  times  and 
others  remained  consistent,  tine  Blues 
proved  to  be  a  tough  challenge. 

Meet  Results 

8  &  Under  Division 

Boys:  Aureo  Barbosa  placed  third  in  both 
freestyle  (24.54)  and  backstroke  (33.17).  Alex 
Benjarnln  placed  fifth  in  both  freestyle  <29.06 
and  backstroke  (42.61).  Aaron  Dem  placed  first 
In  freestyle  (17.32)  and  second  In  butterfly 
(25.68);  and  Jeremy  Folger  placed  second  In 
both  breaststroke  (30.71)  and  backstroke 

^32  Folger,  Benjamin.  Dern  and  Barbosa  placed 
first  in  the  100-yard  freestyle  relay  (1.39 77)^ 
Girls:  Britney  Benjamin  placed  first  In  back- 
stroke  (26.42);  Courtney  Dias  placed  fourth  In 
backstroke  (27.87);  Jena  Francis  piaced  firsl  n 
breaststroke  (27.88)  and  second  in  butterfly 
(28  39)-  Sara  Medeiros  placed  second  in 
breaststroke  (33.21).  and  Lex!  Mendonca 
placed  second  in  freestyle  (22  44) 

Beniamin.  Francis,  Desmarals  and 
Medeiros  placed  first  in  the  100-yard  medley 
relay  (1 .49.99);  Beniamin.  Dias,  Desmarals  and 
Mendonca  placed  first  In  the  100-yard  freestyle 
relay  (1.40.52). 

9  &  10  year  old  division 
Boys:  Jared  Batisla  plac.,d  second  ■f’-back- 

......  nns  fourth  ir.  irofiStv  6  (49.79) 


-Girls:  Cassie  Benjamin  placed  first  in  both 
the  100-yd  individual  medley  (1.38.97)  and  but¬ 
terfly  (43.07);  Amanda  Couture  placed  second 
in  backstroke  (45  00)  and  fourth  in  breaststroke 
(54.05);  Tasha  Folger  placed  fifth  in  freestyle 
(48  52);  Kyla  Looker  placed  first  in  treestyle 
(36.47)  and  third  in  butterfly  (52.02);  Melyssa 
Looker  placed  first  In  backstroke  (44  k52);  and 
Amanda  Medeiros  placed  second  in  freestyle 
(39.73)  and  third  In  breaststroke  (53.34). 

Benjamin.  Medeiros  and  the  Looker  cous  ns 
placed  first  in  the  100-yard  medley  relay 
(1.24.32). 

11  &  12  year  old  division 
Boys;  Dylan  Bedard  placed  first  In  Ihe 
backstroke  (48.53)  and  second  in  treestyle 
(37  21);  Thomas  Gonsalves  placed  first  in 
treestyle  (33.76)  and  second  in  butterfly  (43^36), 
and  Thomas  Landry  placed  second  in  both  the 
100-yard  Individual  medley  (1.28.97)  and 
breaststroke  (47,09). 

Girls:  Amy  Astle  placed  second  In  both 
freestyle  (39.51)  and  breaststroke  (57.49). 
Jessica  Folger  placed  (ourth  in  freestyle 
(57  14);  and  Amanda  Medeiros  placed  third  in 
both  breaststroke  (57.82)  and  backstroke 
(44.30) 

1 3  &  1 4  year  old  division 

Boys;  Chris  Demeule  placed  first  In  both 
treestyle  (1.04.84)  and  breaststroke  (1.27.80); 
and  Nicholas  Gouveia  placed  first  in  backstroke 
(1  22.97). 

Girls:  Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  In 
breaststroke  (1.40,43)  and  second  in  ihe  200- 
yard  individual  medley  (3.10.56):  Nicole  Astle 
placed  second  In  both  treestyle  (1.27.69)  and 
backstroke  (1.34.44);  and  Jessica  Robinson 
olaced  first  In  both  Ihe  200-yard  Individual  med- 

r  _ _ _  M  T)  ric\ 


piaceu  mat  in  nun'  - - - -  - 

□uys.  Ud'ttu  — —  r--  «  T.TyZ. .  ley  (2.58.87)  and  butterfly  (1.32.36). 

stroke  (56.90)  and  tourth  ii,  freestyle  (49_79),  -  15-1 8  year  old  division 

Jack  Grace  placed  third  In iboth '  reejyj  (45.04)  Samantha  Ramos  placed  first 


Bye  Bye  PCs 

The  Bank  recently  donated  25  complete  computers 
to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of 
Fall  River.  These  computers  will  be  given  to  chil¬ 
dren  of  families  who  cannot  afford  to  purchase  a 
computer  for  themselves. 


i 


y/-v0> 

ix  title 


Peter  McCarthy,  Exec.  Director  of 
the  Boys  81  Girls  Club 
with  our  president  John  McSweeney 


■  The  Pocasset  Tribe  and 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  will  hold  an  Honor  The 
Children’s  Pow  Wow  from  10 
a  m.  to  5  p.m.  Sunday,  Feb.  23,^ 
at  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls 
Club.  8Q3  Bedford  St. 

The  cost  of  adinission  is  a  v 

donation  to  the  ,Boys  &  Girls  V 


Freedom  wins  soccer  t 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Freedom  captured  the 
championship  of  the  Fall  River  Boys’  &  Girls' 
Club  Soccer  League  with  a  1-0  overtime  win  over 
the  Breakers. 

Pam  Spiradon  scored  the  only  goal  of  the  game 
with  less  than  two  minutes  left  in  sudden  death. 

Freedom  goalkeeper  Merissa  Fernandes  and 
Breaker  goalies  India  Scott  and  Elizabeth  Rego 
were  all  outstanding.  Erica  and  Kyla  Looker* 


Club 


plaved  tremendous  on  defense  for  the  Freedom 
while  Kelly  Reid  and  Ariel  Gurtin  anchored  •  - 
defense  for  the  Breakers.  . 

“  Members  of  the  championship  squad  melt  tie 
uniradon  Ashley  Cabral.  Ashley  Almeida. 
Brittany  Harrison,  Brandi  Stephenson.  Amanda 
SSo  Fm-nandes.  Looker.  Analtcia  Chaves 
J  and  Allison  Awadiie. 


lub. 

The  event  y$l  feature  drum¬ 
ming.  crafts,  jewelry,  song, 
dance,  flute  playing,  food  and 
beverages. 

The  event,  sponsored  by  the 
Pocasset  Wampanoag  Tribe  , 
Dighton  Intertribal  Indian  ’ 
Council,  is  a  fundraiser  for  the 
expansion  ahd  renovation  pro¬ 
ject  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  hoop 

i  FALL  RTVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys  & 

!  Girls  Club  will  be  holding  registration  for  its 
|  girls’  basketball  league  on  Feb.  6  at  5:30  p.m. 

Any  girl  between  the  ages  of  9-14  is  eligible 
to  register.  All  interested  players  must  show 
I  up  on  that  night  to  assure  a  roster  spot. 

|  P  Games  will  be  played  every  Thursday. 
Teams  will  play  a  10-game  schedule,  fol¬ 
lowed  by  playoff  and  championship  series^ 

I  The  league  is  instructionally-based  with  an 
!  emphasis  on  sportsmanship  and  fan- play. 
League  rules  require  all  players  play  at  least 
1  half  the  game.  T-shirts  are  given  out  to  aU 
players  and  trophies  are  given  out  to  the 
championship  team.  . 

For  more  information,  contact  |<evm^ 
‘Vorro  at  508-672-6340.  \ 


,  AT&T  gives  to  United  Way 

/  he  03>  FALL  RIVER  —  AT&T  recently  award- 
I  J  ed  a  $47,000  grant  to  the  United  Way  of 
New  England  to  benefit  youth  clubs  in  Fall 
River  and  New  Bedford,  as  well  as  the 
Rhode  Island  Youth  Guidance  Center. 

A  check  for  $20,000  was  presented  to  the 
United  Way  of  Greater  Fall  River  to  benefit 
programs  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

In  the  last  several  years,  AT&T  has 
contributed  approximately  $400,000  and 
donated  high-speed  Internet  service  to 
many  area  youth  clubs  for  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  computer  learning  centers  and 
programs  that  support  the  clubs’  educa¬ 


tional  technology. 


i  {,1)8-676-2532.  3  //J  bj 

Kids  make  ‘Smart  Moves' 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys 
and  Girls  Club,  a  United  Way 
agency,  is  offering  a  new  program  called 
Smart  Moves.  This  is  a  program  focused 
on  providing  information  on  the  dangers 
of  tobacco,  alcohol,  illegal  drugs  and  teen 
I  pregnancy. 

i  The  sessions  meet  once  a  week  for  eight 
weeks.  There  are  three  age  groups.  They 
are  6  to  9  years  old,  10  to  12  years  old  and 
13  to  16  years  old.  The  Smart  Moves  pro¬ 
gram  consists  of 

group  discussions,  games,  movies,  field 
trips  and  guest  spedkers. 

On  Jan.  22,  53  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
members  successfully  completed  the  first 
Smart  Moves  Program.  A  graduation  night 
was  held  in  their  honor.  They  are  as  fol¬ 
lows: 


Group  1  - 


-  Nicole  Astle.  Kim  Carvalho, 
Luis  Carvalho,  Brittny 

Fernandes.  Merissa  Fernandes,  Jordan 
Gagne,  Amber  Gillet.  Nuno  Gomes,  Tanya 
Gomes,  Cheri  Guillemette.  Christina 
Hermans.  T.J.  Landry.  Erica  Looker, 
Amanda  Medeiros,  Joshua  Orosz.  Anlix 
Rivera,  Kylie  Rodriguez.  Joseph  Shaheen. 
Raheem  Stephenson,  Zi-Ida  Sommers  and 
Keith  Alves.  m  , 

Group  2  —  Amanda  Alves,  Tyler 
Andrade.  Amy  Astle,  Ashley  Cioe. 
Victoris  Estrella.  Jessica  Folger,  Tasha 
Folger,  Shawn  Miranda.  Brittney  Montz. 
Ashley  Orosz.  Joseph  Orosz,  Robert  Paige, 
Miranda  Phillips.  Shawn  Pinto,  Jamie 
Rezendes.  Brandi  Stephenson,  Alicia 
Tavares.  Ronald  Thomas,  Ashley  Cabral. 
Kaitlyn  Perry,  Kyla  Looker.  Andre  Reed. 
Jeremy  Folger.  Jay  Robinson  and  Nikki 
Pavao. 

Group  3  —  Finesse  Medeiros,  Dionne 
Rivera.  Alex  Pavao,  Joshua  Giasson. 
Brianna  Rivera.  Haley  Travassos  and 
Sabrina  Gutierrez. 

The  Smart  Moves  Program  is  free  to  all 
Boys  and  Gfrls  Club  members.  Sign-up  for 
the  next  session  will  be  March  24  through 
March  29.  For  more  information,  call  Mimi 


^lub  announces  1 
bumper  pool  results 

I”  ALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas 
Crew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  has  announced  last  week's 
bumper  pool  results. 

The  Cadet  winners  were 
Ryan  Barboza,  Flnnesse 
Medeiros.  Wilson  Medina, 
Alexis  Raposa,  Breanna  Rivera, 
Dillon  Silvester  and  Alexis 
Troupe. 

The  Junior  winners  were 
Tyler  Andrade.  Joshua  Monlz, 
Ricky  Monlz,  Khady  Touro. 
Magatte  Toure  and  Tanyin 

Troche. 

Winning  the  Intermediate 

Division  were  Kevin  Alves. 

Ashley  Cloe.  Andra  Reed  and 

Belinda  Sanchez. 


The  reality  of  smokings 


^arl  “Chip"  Harden  *03 

Reporter 


So.  you  smoke,  is  it  really 
•uch  a  big  deal?  You're  not  hurt- 
ng  anyone  else  or  forcing  any¬ 
one  else  to  do  it.  You're  just 
enjoying  your  young  adult  life 
and  doing  what  makes  you 
happy.  It's  your  life  afterall, 
right?  Everybody  is  going  to  die 
sometime,  and  what's  the  big 
deal  if  you  die  about  twelve  year 
before  everyone  else?  If  you 
want  to  live  your  life  trying  to 
kill  yourself,  destroy  your  body 
in  the  process,  and  die  in.thc  hos¬ 
pital  with  a  hole  in  your  throat, 
tubes  in  your  nose,  and  a 
machine  pumping  your  lungs, 
then  that's  your  God  .given  right. 

I’m  currently  involved  in  a 
program  called  "Smart  Moves” 


at  the  Fall  River  Boys’  and  Girls' 
Club,  where  we  teach  tobacco 
education  among  other  things. 
We  did  an  activity  where  we  con¬ 
trasted  the  reasons  why  people 
smoke  to  the  reasons  why  people 
shouldn't  smoke.  The  reasons 
why  you  shouldn't  smoke  were 
obvious.  Smoking  harms  and 
affects  every  part  of  your  body: 
that  alone  should  should  make 
you  not  want  to  smoke. 

In  the  reasons  why  people 
should  smoke  category,  there  was 
no  reason  that  wc  couldn’t  dis¬ 
miss  or  find  a  less  costly,  health¬ 
ier  alternative.  The  most 
arguable  reason  was  stress 
brought  on  from  troubles  at 
home,  a  death  in  the 
family, school. etc. 

Contrary  to  popular  belief, 
cigarettes  don’t  relieve  stress. 
What  they  do  is  release  a  bruin 


altering  chemical,  giving  the 
smoker  a  false  feeling  of  relax¬ 
ation.  There  tire  so  many  ways  to 
relieve  stress,  and  many  are  more 
effective  than  smoking.  A  few 
healthy  alternatives  arc,  taking  a 
bath,  using  stress  balls,  or  going 
for  a  walk  or  a  jog 

Smoking  is  a  disease.  It  eats 
away  at  your  body,  affecting  and 
destroying  every  part  of  your 
body.  I  could  have  gone  on  with 
a  ton  of  boring  tobacco  facts,,  but 
you  have  all  heard  them  before. 
Actually.  I  think  people  are 
turned  off  by  hearing  them. 

I've  tried  to  give  you  the  real¬ 
ities  of  smoking,  and  I  think  you 
get  the  picture  In  the  end,  it’s 
your  life.  If  you  don’t  care  for  it. 
don’t  expect  anyone  else  to  care. 


Camp  registration  today 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  announced 
that  registration  for  Day  Camp  will  be  held 
at  8  a.m.  today. 

Resident  camp  runs  six  weeks,  three 
weeks  for  boys  and  three  weeks  for  girls 
Day  camp  runs  the  entire  10  weeks 
school  for  both  boys  and  girls.  > 

For  more  information,  call  the  t?  *6 
50M72-6340.  3/^C03  % 


—  HI  iHJcV 

Fall  River  Flyers  cited  at  league  fete 

SEEKONK  —  The  R1MA  Swim  League  held 
its  annual  Awards  Banquet  last  Sunday  at  the 
Johnson  &  Wales  Inn.  The  awards  presented 
that  night  were  Championship  Age  Group 
plaques,  all-star  certificates,  and  the  Coach  of  1 
the  Year  Award. 

The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  1, 

«b  swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  had  fa 


pber  of  members  recognized  as  RIMA  Swir 
ue  all-stars.  That  group  included: 

^Aaron  Dern,  8  &  under  boys  —  25  yard  (16.79’j 
and  25-yard  backstroke  (21.19) 

Jessica  Robinson,  13-14  girls  —  100-yard 
breaststroke  (1:20.61) 

William  McGuinness.  13-14  boys  —  100-yard 
freestyle  (54.69),  100-yard  backstroke  (1  04.70).  100- 
yard  butterfly  (1.09.28)  and  200-yard  individual  med¬ 
ley  (2:29,20) 

Jackie  Lourenco,  15-18  girls  —  100-yard  breast¬ 
stroke  (1:32.01) 

Jeffrey  McGuinness,  15-18  boys  —  100-yard 
freestyle  (57.91).  100-yard  breaststroke  (1:20.22V 
100-yard  butterfly  (1:11.65).  and  200-yard  individual 
medley  (2:34  26) 

The  Flyers’  Monica  Tavares  was  named 
Coach  of  the  Year. 


„  “  3]5 W& 

Boys’  &  Gifu  s’  Club  Swimming 

Fall  River  Flyers  fall 
victim  to  Pawtucket 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
swim  squad,  the  Fall  River 
Flyers,  participated  in  a  competi¬ 
tive  meet  recently  against  the 
Pawtucket  Sharks. 

The  Flyers  turned  in  a  valiant 
effort,  each  swimmer  placing  in 
their  events  and  several  enjoy¬ 
ing  new  personal  bests,  but  the 
team  dropped  a  198-112  decision. 
Meet  results 
R  &  under  division 
Boys:  Aureo  Barbosa,  second  In 
freestyle  (19.13)  and  butterfly  (31.55); 
Alex  Benjamin,  third  in  backstroke 

(43.20)  and  fourth  In  freestyle  (28.12). 
Girls:  Britney  Benjamin,  second  in 

backstroke  (24.92):  Sarah  Desmarals. 
second  in  butterfly  (25.74);  Courtney 
Dias,  third  in  freestyle  (26.72);  Jena 
Francis,  second  in  breaststroke  (28.20); 
Sara  Medeiros,  third  In  backstroke 

(25.20) ;  Alexandra  Mendonca,  first  In 
freestyle  (20.24)  and  third  in  butterfly 
(26.56);  and  Kristen  Montouri,  third  in 
breaststroke  (28.23), 

The  100-yard  medley  relay  squad  — 
Medeiros,  Francis,  Desmarais  and  Dias 
—  placed  first  in  a  time  of  1:45.02.  The 
100-yard  freestyle  relay  squad  — 
Medeiros,  Desmarais,  Montouri  and 
Mendonca  —  also  finished  first  (1 :26.88). 
Q-  &  10-vear-old  division 
Girls:  Amanda  Couture,  second  In 
freestyle  (37.24);  Kyla  Looker,  first  in 
the  100-yard  individual  medley 
(1 :39.83),  Melyssa  Looker,  first  in  back- 
stroke  (43,68):  and  Amanda  Medeiros, 
first  in  breaststroke  (53.95). 

The  team  ot  M.  Looker,  Medeiros.  K. 
Looker  and  Couture  placed  first  in  the 
100-yard  medley  relay  in  a  time  of 
1:21.47.  and  the  team  of  Couture, 
Medeiros  and  the  Looker  cousins  fin¬ 
ished  first  in  the  100-yard  freestyle 
relay  in  a  time  of  2:40.15. 


ii-  &  12-vear-old  division 

Boys:  Dylan  Bedard,  third  in  back- 
stroke  (50.60)  and  fourth  in  freestyle 
(39  10);  Ben  Demeule,  second  in  back- 
stroke  (45.39)  and  third  in  breaststroke 
(55.17);  Thomas  Gonsalves,  first  in 
butterfly  (42.19)  and  second  in 
freestyle  (33.10);  Thomas  Landry,  first 
in  the  100-yard  individual  medley 
(1:33.83)  and  second  in  the  breast¬ 
stroke  (47.31). 

The  200-yard  medley  relay  squad  — 
Demeule,  Landry.  Gonsalves  and 
Bedard  —  finished  first  in  a  time  ol 
2:42.64. 

Girls:  Amy  Astle  placed  third  in  both 
the  freestyle  (39.74)  and  backstroke 
(49.00). 

13-  A  14-year-old  division 
Boys:  Corey  Bedard,  second  in  back- 
stroke  (1:25.93):  John  Brown,  third  in  j 
breaststroke  (1 .30.17)  and  fourth  in  back- 
stroke  (1:30.08);  Chris  Demeule.  second 
in  breaststroke  (1:20.66),  Nicholas  ii 
Gouveia,  third  in  freestyle  (1:13.80); 
William  McGuinness,  first  in  both  the  200- 
yard  individual  medley  (2:32.37)  and  , 
freestyle  (57.22). 

The  200-yard  medley  relay  team  —  . 
Brown,  Demeule,  Bedard  and  Gouveia 
—  placed  second  in  a  time  of  2:29.64 
The  200-yard  freestyle  relay  team  — 
Bedard,  Gouveia,  Demeule  and  | 
McGuinness  —  finished  first  in  a  time 
of  2:00.61. 

Girls:  Cassandra  Alves,  first  in  1 
breaststroke  (1:38.38);  second  in  200-  j 
yard  individual  medley  (3:14,20;  Nicole  1 
Astle,  second  in  both  freestyle  (1:24.79) 
and  breaststroke  (1:44,97);  Nicole  ? 
Montoun,  first  in  backstroke  (1:33.85)  >j 
and  third  in  freestyle  (1:26.04). 

The  team  of  Montouri,  Alves, 
Robinson  and  Astle  —  finished  first  in  <• 
both  the  200-yard  medley  relay 
(2:39.63)  and  the  200-yard  freestyle 
relay  (2:24.28). 


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Three  members  of  the  Wolf-Tail  Singers  and  Drummers  from  left,  Thunder  Trumpeter.  Two  Bears  and  Blue 
otar,  perform  during  Sunday's  powwow  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River.  The  three  members  are  also 
mown  as  George  Estes,  of  Wareham.  Gordon  Nemier,  of  Fall  River  and  Michael  Grando.  of  Providence 


Powwow  honors  children 


By  GREGG  M.  MILIOTE 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Native 
Americans  from  as  far 
away  as  Canada  descend¬ 
ed  upon  Fall  River  Simday 
to  honor  the  children  dur¬ 
ing  a  daylong  powwow. 

The  event  held  at  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  of 
Fall  River  was  sponsored 
by  the  Pocasset 
Wampanoag  Tribe  and 
Dighton  Intertribal 

ICounciL 

The  powwow  was 
attended  by  more  than  100 
area  residents  at  any 
given  time  during  the  7- 
hour  event. 

The  featured  entertain¬ 
ment  was  the  Wolf-Tail 
Singers  and  Drummers. 

Many  attendees  said 
they  came  from  far  away 
to  take  part  in  the  pow¬ 
wow  because  it  was  a  one- 
of-a-kind  event  for  the 
winter  months.  Most  pow¬ 
wows  in  the  Northeast  are 
held  during  summer 
months,  so  many  Native 
Americans  took  advan¬ 
tage  of  the  rare  winter 
month  event,  which  was  held 
indoors. 

While  the  Wolf-Tail  Singers 
and  Drummers  were  playing 
music  native  to  the  American 


Singers  and  Drummers 
was  Fall  River's  own  Two 
Bears,  also  known  as 
Gordon  Nemier. 

While  many  were 
entertained  by  Iroquois 
and  Wampanoag  tribal 
dances  and  songs,  others 
took  the  time  to  stroll  the 
facility  and  browse 
through  the  various  retail 
stands. 

Native  Americans  set  up 
shop  throughout  the  large 
gymnasium,  selling  paint¬ 
ings.  moccasins,  native  jewel¬ 
ry.  headwear,  statues,  cloth¬ 
ing  and  musical  instruments. 

The  event  was  free  and 
open  to  the  public.  All  pro¬ 
ceeds  from  the  event  were 
donated  to  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 

The  event  also  took  on 
a  somber.note  when  one  of 
the  emcees  requested  a 
moment  of  silence  to  pray 
for  the  victims  of  the  West 
Warwick,  R.I.,  nightclub 
fire  disaster. 

"Look  to  the  children 
and  the  clouds  will  move 
from  the  sun  so  we  can 
once  again  see  the  light  of  day 
once  more,”  he  said  solemnly. 

Gregg  M.  Miliote  may  be  reached 
at  gmiliote@heraldnews.com. 


Tracy  Draghi,  known  as  Spirit  Dancer,  an  Iroquois 
from  East  Hampton,  Conn.,  dances  with  others  in 
the  circle  during  Sunday's  powwow. 

Indian  culture,  dancers  like  Tracy 
Draghi  of  East  Hampton,  Conn., 
who  also  is  named  Spirit  Dancer, 
showed  many  how  the  Native 
Americans  once  danced  in  the 
circle.  Among  the  Wolf-Tail 


Rev.  Lawrence 
honored  by 
USA  Weekend 


By  DEBORAH  ALLARD- 
BERNARDI 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  -  tot  <™e 
tor  National  Volunteer  Week 

from  now  until  May  3.  the  Rev. 
Robert  P.  Lawrence,  senior  nun- 
ister  of  First  Congregational 
Church,  is  being  honored  for 
making  a  difference  in  the  lives  of 
others^in  today's  USA  Weekend 

"^Lawrence  and  some  50  mem- 
bers  of  his  congregation  on  the 
£st  lUake  a  Difference  Day  on 
Oct.  26. 2002.  organized  and  held 
giant  yard  sale  at  the  Rock  Street 
church  to  raise  money  to  benefit 
children  who  have  lost  a  paren 

or  loved  one.  _ , 

With  the  $4,000  that  was .col¬ 
lected  during  the  yard  sale  » 
kids  were  sent  to  the  Canng  Kids 
Grief  in.P  sponsored  by  Hospice 
on  June  29  and  30  at  Camp  Welch 

‘"^efcamptsawonde^ 

project."  Lawrence  said.  These 
kids  are  kind  of  forgotten^  ^  ^ 


support 

Lawrence  rarely  lasts 
as  time  goes  by.  according  to 
Lawrence. 

The  grief  camp  is  set  up  to 
help  kids  meet  other  children 
going  through  the  same  thing, 
while  engaging  in  summer  activi¬ 
ties,  and  a  workshop  to  remember 
their  parent  or  loved  one. 

•‘We  must  not  forget  these  kids 
because  they  have  to  five  with  the 
grief  every  day,”  Lawrence  said. 

Grief  camp  photos  depicted 
children  sitting  in  groups  on  the 
grass,  wearing  smocks  and 
working  with  arts  and  crafls.  and 
standing  on  beach  towels  during 
►  Turn  to  LAWRENCE,  PageA4 

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Qpr>  i  ^  i  ^ 
Computer  class 
registration  begins 

FALL  RIVER  a  computer 
class  for  beginners  wN he  heM 
frnm  6  to  8:30  p.m.  beginning 
Monday.  April  28,  at  the  Ttorn*, 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  On 
Club  Bedford  Street. 

The  seven-week  class  will 
cover  Windows.  Microsoft  Word 
Td  Excel  and  the  Internet.  The 

fee  for  the  class  is  $7o. 

'  For  more  information  or  to 
register  for  the  class,  call 
Theresa  Uurke.  volunteer  coordi¬ 
nator.  at  5084S77-9686- 


Fall  River  Flyers  give  strong  account  of  themselves  in  RIMA  Meet 


NORTON  —  The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers, 
recently  participated  in  the  RIMA  Swim  League 
Championships  at  Wheaton  College.  The  Flyers 
competed  against  five  other  teams,  defeating  the 
Newport  Boys  &  Girls  Club  and  the  Newport  Blues 
to  return  home  with  the  first-place.  Small  Team 
Division  trophy. 

The  team  was  also  honored  with  the  inaugural 
RIMA  League  Sportsmanship  Award.  The 
Sportsmanship  trophy  is  a  very  unique  award  in 
that  it  is  earned  by  having  an  overall  positive  atti¬ 
tude  in  every  aspect  of  the  sport.  The  award  is 
extraordinary  because  the  recipients  are  chosen  by 
their  peers. 

The  girls’  8-and-under  group  swim  squad  also 
returned  home  with  the  Dual  Meet  Age  Group 
Championship  plaque.  The  plaque  is  awarded  to 
each  individual  age  group  that  has  scored  the  most 
points  throughout  the  swim  season.  That  group  of 
swimmers  included  Sarah  Desmarais,  Courtney 
Dias,  Jena  Francis,  Sarah  Medeiros,  Alexandra 
Mendonca  and  Kristen  Montouri. 

Meet  results 
8-  &  Under  division 

Boys:  Aureo  Barbosa,  7th  In  Ireestyle  (18.43)  and  11th  In 
backstroke  (29.10);  Aaron  Dem,  2nd  In  Ireestyle  (16.79)  and 
lourlh  In  backstroke  (23,08). 

Girls:  Courtney  Dias,  12th  in  backstroke  (28.64),  Jena 
Francis,  4th  In  breastslroke  (27.18)  and  6th  in  backslroke 
(25.92);  Sarah  Medeiros.  5th  In  backstroke  (25.65)  7th  seventh  in 
treeslyle  (19.85);  Alexandra  Mendonca.  12th  in  Ireestyle  (21.56); 
Kristen  Montouri,  6th  In  Ireestyle  (19.679).  Dias,  Francis, 
Mendonca  and  Montouri  placed  2nd  In  the  100-yard  medley  relay 
(1:31,92),  and  the  team  ot  Medeiros,  Dias,  Monlourl  and 
Mendonca  finished  2nd  in  the  1,00-yard  freestyle  relay  (1:27.47), 


Submitted  Photo 

The  Fall  River  Flyers  swim  team  gave  a  strong  account  of  itself  in  a  recent  RIMA  Meet  held  at  Wheaton 

College.  AfR.lL  5,  ZO 03  _ 


9-  &  10-year-old  division 

Boys:  Jarrid  Batista,  8th  in  backstroke  (52.91)  and  16h'in 
Ireestyle  (44.950;  Jack  Grace,  14th  in  Ireestyle  (44.22)  and  17th 
In  breaststroke  (1:09.930). 

Girls:  Amanda  Couture,  8th  in  freestyle  (36.47);  Lyla  Looker, 
6th  In  the  100-yard  individual  medley  (1:32,79);  Melyssa  Looker, 
6th  In  backstroke  (42-59);  and  Amanda  Medeiros,  11th  In  breast¬ 
slroke  (51 .23). 

Melyssa  Looker.  Medeiros.  Kyla  Looker  and  Couture  teamed 
up  to  place  4th  in  both  the  100-yard  medley  relay  (1  17  79)  and 
200-yard  treeslyle  relay  (2:31 .53). 

11-  &12-year-old  division 

Boys:  Dylan  Bedard,  13th  In  backstroke  (54.01)  and  15th  in 
Ireestyle  (36.50):  Ben  Demeule,  9th  in  backstroke  (43.82)  and 
14th  In  Ireestyle  (235.64);  Thomas  Gonsalves,  5th  In  butterfly 
(41,18)  and  9th  in  Ireestyle  (32.90);  Thomas  Landry,  3rd  In  100- 
yard  Individual  medley  (1:27.34)  and  8th  In  breaststroke  (46.80). 

Landry.  Bedard,  Demeule  and  Gonsalves  learned  up  to  finish 
4th  In  the  200-yard  Ireestyle  relay  (2:25.24). 

Girls:  Amy  Astle.  18th  in  breaststroke  (51.87)  and  23rd  In 
Ireestyle  (40.55). 

13-  &  14-year-old  division 

Boys:  Corey  Bedard,  6th  in  backstroke  (1:23,78)  and  butter¬ 
fly  (1  41,20);  John  Brown,  6th  In  breaststroke  (1:26.60);  Chris 
Demeule,  2nd  in  breaststroke  (1:20,61);  Nick  Gouveia,  4th  In  but¬ 
terfly  (1.31.69);  Will  McGuinness,  1st  In  both  Ireestyle  (54.69) 
and  backstroke  (1:04.70), 

The  team  ol  Gouveia.  Brown,  Demeule  and  McGuinness  fin¬ 
ished  1st  in  the  200-yard  Ireestyle  relay  (1:54.70). 

Girls:  Cassandra  Alves,  5th  In  breastslroke  (1:37.88)  and  7th 
In  200-yard  medley  relay  (3:04.45);  .Nicole  Astle,  8th  in  back- 
stroke  (1:31.32)  and  11th  In  Ireestyle  (1  21.76);  Nicole  Montouri. 
10th  In  both  freestyle  (1:121.11)  and  backstroke  (1:33,52); 
Jessica  Robinson.  5th  In  both  the  200-yard  Individual  medlev 
■(2:53.48)  and  butterfly  (1:27.51), 

The  team  ot  Montouri,  Alves,  Robinson  and  Astle  placed  3rd 
In  the  200-yard  medley  relay  (2  38.68). 

15-to-18  year-olds 

Boys:  Jett  McGuinness,  2nd  In  the  200-yard  individual  med¬ 
ley  (2:34.26)  and  3rd  In  Ireestyle  (59.16), 

Girls:  Jackie  Lourenco,  3rd  In  utsqsistroke  (1:321.01)  and  8th 
In  freestyle  (1:35.25).  > 


Herald  News  Photos  by  DAVE  SOUZA 

Oor  ,  l  aft 


games 


At  top.  Mason  Coombes 
strains  to  sink  this  shot  at 
the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
.  Club  in  Fall  River 
Thursday,  during  a 
vacation  day  from  school. 


Above,  Zachary  Borges  crosses  the 
monkey  bars  at  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club.  At  left,  Keith  Omosefunmi  plays 
a  baseball  video  game  on  a  computer 
at  the  club.  With  school  on  spring 
vacation,  many  children  have  spent 
their  time  hanging  out  at  the  club. 


«££_« 


THUMBS  UP  &  THUMBS  DOWN  5 /|<?/^03 

Teens’  newest 
friend  arrives 


To  the  Fall  River  Boys  & 


Girls  Club  and  its  newly 
completed  teen  center.  The 
center  offers  a  variety  of 
activities  for  teens  and  is  sorely 
needed. 

To  City  Councilor  Leo 
Pelletier  who,  during  last 
week’s  council  debate  on 
adult  entertainment  zoning, 
skid,  “I  think  we  kind  of  have 
to  put  this  to  bed.”  Bed?  Adult  enter¬ 
tainment?  Even  if  Pelletier  didn’t 
mean  the  joke,  he  remains  the  most 
quotable  member  of  the  council. 

To  Miss  Fall  River,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Murray,  who  will 
compete  in  the  Miss 
Massachusetts  Pageant  on 
June  6.  No  matter  what  you  think 
about  pageants,  you  have  to  root  for 
the  hometown  girl,  who  in  this  case, 
calls  Somerset  home. 

To  falling  gas  prices.  Self- 
serve  unleaded  regular  is  slip- 
ping  below  $1.50  per  gallon  at 
the  pump. 


s  .  To  the  ongoing  flap  between 
Bristol  County  Sheriff  Thomas 
! “  M.  Hodgson  and  the  union  that 
represents  the  county’s  correc¬ 
tional  officers.  It  looks  like  nei¬ 
ther  side  is  bargaining  in  good  faith. 

To  the  sad  situation  that  will 
see  Somerset  sisters  Mary  Lou 
and  Lorraine  Gooley  evicted 
from  their  lifelong  home.  We 
don’t  blame  the  town  for  declar¬ 
ing  the  home  structurally  unsafe  and  we 
don’t  condemn  the  Gooleys  for  not  being 
able  to  keep  the  place  up.  Rather,  the 
whole  situation  is  sad. 

To  the  continuation  of  a  sad  and 
grisly  trend.  In  Houston  last 
week,  19  men  and  women  died, 
and  80  others  suffered  heat 
exhaustion,  when  a  driver  aban¬ 
doned  the  18-wheeler  being  used  to  smug¬ 
gle  them  into  the  United  States.  The  ille¬ 
gals  keep  coming,  the  United  States  must 
protect  her  borders  and.,  down  on  the 
Rio  Grande,  desperate  men  and  women 
risk  death  to  make  it  north.  Mexico 
should  strive  to  fix  its  own  economy,  so 
Mexican  people  can  find  work  in  then- 
own  nation.  American  aid  should  be  i 
forthcoming,  too. 


Teen  Center  to  be  ‘a  place  of  their  own 


Herald  News  Photo  by  DAVE  SOUZA 


Members  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  gather  at  a  celebration 
thanking  donors  who  gave  money  and  time  to  the  new  Teen  Center  that  is  currently  under  construction. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club 
holds  celebration 
to  thank  donors 
for  new  addition 

Herald  News  Staff 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
held  a  thank-you  celebration 
Wednesday  for  construction  under 
way  on  the  new  Teen  Center  at  the 
club's  premises  at  803  Bedford  St. 

The  celebration  was  dedicated  to 
the  many  people,  corporations  and 
organizations  in  the  Fall  River  area 
that  have  given  money  and  time  to 
enable  the  club  to  build  the  center. 

John  Feitelberg,  chairman  of  the 
club's  board  of  directors  and  general 
co-chairman  of  the  project,  said  $1.3 
million  has  been  raised  so  far  for  the 
$2.5  million  expansion/renovation 
program. 

He  noted  that  the  monies  are 
coming  from  government  grants, 
contributions  and  just  raising  "some 
cold,  hard  cash." 

To  raise  the  necessary  funding, 
the  club  has  embarked  on  its  first 
major  fund  drive  in  34  years,  entitled 
the  "Next  Generation  Campaign." 

The  campaign  was  launched  with 
"large  contributions”  from  board 
members,  Feitelberg  said.  Now,  the 
campaign  has  moved  into  its  public 
phase  in  which  three-to-five-year 
pledges  and  outright  gifts  will  be 
sought  from  businesses,  families, 
individuals,  civic/service  clubs  and 
foundations. 

The  12,000-square-foot  youth  center 
addition  will  be  attached  to  the  existing 
building  and  allow  the  club  to  signifi¬ 
cantly  expand  programs  for  children 
and  adolescents.  The  18,800-square-foot 
additional  plot  of  land  also  will  include 
an  outdoor  basketball  court. 


"When  the  youth  center  is  com¬ 
pleted,  teenage  members  of  the  club 
will  have  the  only  place  in  Fall 
River  that  they  can  truly  call  their 
own,"  said  Perry  Lewis  of  the  club. 

With  adult  supervision,  the 
youngsters  will  have  access  to 
games  rooms,  a  library,  computers, 
learning  tools  and  a  place  where 
they  can  just  be  kids,  he  said. 

Feitelberg  noted  that  when 
youngsters  become  teenagers,  "they 
don’t  want  to  hang  around  with  the 
kids  anymore,” 

The  teen  center  will  "give  them  a 
place  of  their  own  and  they  will 
want  to  stay  with  the  boys  and  girls 
club,"  he  said. 

Also.  First  Federal  Savings  Bank 
donated  75  computers  to  the  center, 

“This  could  be  the  only  opportuni¬ 
ty  many  of  these  kids  will  have  to  use 
a  computer  as  there  are  none  at  home 
for  many  of  them,"  Feitelberg  said. 

Of  teenagers,  he  said,  “They  like 


to  have  their  own  space,  and 
because  of  issues  facing  youth  today, 
this  space  will  offer  a  lot  of  them, 
opportunities  they  would  not  get  at 
home  or  on  the  streets." 

"They  also  will  be  learning  a  lot 
of  the  skills  needed  in  dealing  with 
people,"  Feitelberg  said. 

There  will  be  a  complete,  com¬ 
mercial-grade  kitchen  for  the  club’s 
meals  programs  that  serve  200  meals 
daily  free  of  charge  to  club  members 
who  are  taking  advantage  of  the 
many  programs  offered  by  the  club. 

Club  officers  found  that  the  exist¬ 
ing  building  was  not  only  seriously 
overcrowded,  but  the  34-year-old  facil¬ 
ity  also  lacked  space  for  a  teen  center, 
kitchen-dining  area,  increased  pro¬ 
grams  and  outdoor  activities. 

Michael  Plasski,  a  club  board 
member  and  former  city  councilor, 
said  the  new  building  will  provide  a 
“nice  transition"  for  teenagers  grad¬ 
uating  from  the  club's  junior  divi¬ 


sion  to  their  own  facility. 

He  noted  that  in  addition  to  meet¬ 
ing  the  athletic  and  computer  skill 
needs  of  the  youth,  the  new  facility 
will  also  be  a  means  of  fulfilling 
their  social  skills. 

“There  are  programs  specifically 
geared  to  meet  their  social  skills,” 
he  said. 

The  $2  million  project  will  take 
about  a  year  to  complete.  During 
construction,  all  club  activities  will 
take  place  without  interruption. 

Visitors  were  able  to  tour  the  site 
where  the  building  will  be  con¬ 
structed  and  study  an  architect's 
renderings.  The  club's  board  and 
staff  members  were  on  hand  to 
answer  questions. 

Anyone  wishing  to  donate  to  the 
construction  project  may  call  Lewis 
at  508-672-6340  or  mail  contributions 
to  the  Next  Generation  Campaign, 
c/o  Peter  McCarthy,  P.O.  Box  5155, 
Fall  River.  MA  02723. 


Support  youth  center 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  will  hold  a 
thank-you  celebration  from  5:30  to  7:30 
p.m.  Wednesday.  May  14,  as  it  begins  con 
struction  of  a  new  Teen  Center  at,, the 
,  club’s  premises  at  803  Bedford  St, 

The  celebration  is  dedicated  to' the 
many  people,  corporations  and  organ  iza- 

Itions  in  the  Fall  River  area  that  have 
given  money  and  time  to  enable  the  Club 
to  build  the  center.  Visitors  can  tour  the 
location  where  the  building  will  be  con¬ 
structed  and  study  the  architect's  render¬ 
ings.  Board  and  staff  members  will  be  on 
hand  to  answer  questions. 

When  the  18,800-square-foot  structure  is 
completed,  teenage  club  members  will 
have  access  to  games  rooms,  a  library, 
computers  and  learning  tools.  There  also 
will  be  a  complete  commercial-grade 
kitchen  for  the  club’s  meals  program, 
which  serves  200  nieals  daily  free  to  club 
members  who  are  taking  advantage  of  the 
many  programs  offered  by.  the  club. 

The  $2  million  project  will  take  approxi¬ 
mately  one  year  to  complete,  and,  during 
the  construction,  all  club  activities  will 
take  place  without  interruption. 

For  more  information  on  the  event  or  to 
donate  to  the  building's  construction,  call 
Perry  Lewis  at  508-672-6340.  ^ 


Club  receives  $5K  check 

FALL  RIVER  —  James  Nichols,  manag¬ 
er  of  the  JC  Penney  store  in  Dartmouth, 
presented  Anthony  Cordeiro.  treasurer  of 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club,  a  $5,000  check  for  the  Power 
Hour  After  School  program  during  a 

recent  ceremony  at  the  club. 

The  premise  behind  Power  Hour  is  that 
youngsters  need  to  see  homework  as  an 
opportunity  to  learn  how  to  work  indepen¬ 
dently,  successfully  completing  a  project 
on  time  and  feeling  good  about  their 

accomplishment. 

Power  Hour  is  conducted  in  a  non¬ 
threatening.  after-school  environment, 
giving  club  members  the  support  they 
need  to  complete  them  homework  and  to 
receive  tutoring  when  necessary. 


Kaplan  Award  Winner 


From  left,  Irving  Forman,  Past  Commander  Post  168  Jewish  War 
Veterans,  gives  Durfee  High's  Bobby  Bailey  the  Kaplan  Award  for  the 
team’s  most  valuable  player  as  Hilltopper  coach  Kevin  Whiting  looks  on. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club 
makes  a  difference 


FALL  RIVER  -  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  has  been  serving  Greater 
Fall  River  as  a  youth  develop¬ 
ment  agencyisince  the  club's 
opening  in  1890. 

"We  are  here  to  prepare 
today's  youth  to  become  tomor¬ 
row’s  productive  citizens,"  said 
Peter  McCarthy,  executive  direc¬ 
tor  of  the  Boys  &  Gilds  Club. 

"The  pool,  the  library,  all  the 
activities  —  these  are  here  to 
attract  the  kids  so  we  can  effect 
some  kind  of  positive  change  in 
their  lives,"  he  added. 

To  accommodate  more  chil¬ 
dren  and  improve  conditions 
and  availability  of  resources, 
the  Boys  &  Gilds  Club  is  adding 
an  18,000-square-foot  expansion. 


‘We  are  here 
to  prepare  today ’s 
youth  to  become 
tomorrow ’s 
productive  citizens.’ 

—  Peter  McCarthy, 
executive  director 


“We  have  the  quantity  of 
children."  said  McCarthy,  "and 
now  we  want  to  improve  the 
quality." 

The  focal  point  of  the  expan¬ 
sion  will  be  a  team  center  for  the 


various  clubs  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  offers.  Other  additions 
made  available  by  the  expansion 
include  a  community  room,  an 
expanded  dinner  program  with  a 
state-of-the  art  kitchen,  and  a 
new  learning  center  with  a  new 
library  and  computer  lab. 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  still 
accepting  donations  for  the 
expansion.  There  will  be  a  tent 
event  Wednesday.  May  14,  at  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  to  inform  the 
community  of  expansion, 

There  will  be  refreshments 
and  artist  renderings  of  what  the 
new  expansion  will  look  like. 

"There  are  givers  and  takers 
In  every  community,"  McCarthy 
said.  "Fall  River  is  blessed  with 
mostly  givers." 


Teen  center  not 
completed  just  yet 

We  are  grateful  and  excited 
that  The  Herald  News  saw  fit  to 
give  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  a 
Thumbs  Up  on'  the  editorial 
page.  The  designation  shows  the 
support  of  the  entire  community 
for  our  work  with  the  children 
and  teens  of  the  Fall  River  com¬ 
munity. 

However,  I  would  like  to 
clear  up  an  unfortunate  miscon¬ 
ception.  The  teen  center  is  not 
completed.  It  is  in  the  early 
stages  of  construction,  and  we 
are  still  in  the  midst  of  a  public 
campaign  to  raise  funds  for  the 
project  from  the  community. 

When  the  center  is  completed 
it  will  offer  almost  19,000  square 
feet  of  space  for  the  activities 
that  you  aptly  state  are  sorely 
needed  for  our  teenage  popula¬ 
tion.  There  will  be  game  rooms, 


study  areas,  computer  labs,  a 
library,  a  complete  commercial 
kitchen  for  almost  200  free 
meals  we  serve  our  members 
each  day  and  many  other  ameni¬ 
ties  for  the  young  people  of  Fall 
River. 

It  will  allow  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  to  continue  to  serve  the 
community  as  it  has  for  more 
than  100  years,  allowing  a  place 
where  kids  can  be  kids  in  a 
safe,  supervised  and  healthy 
atmosphere. 

It  would  be  unfortunate  if 
people  expected  the  center  to  be 
available  for  use  now.  We  can 
offer  everyone  the  guarantee 
that  we  arc  working  as  fast  as 
we  can  to  get  this  much-needed 
facility  completed  and  that  read¬ 
ers  of  The  Herald  News  will  be 
the  first  to  know  when  we  are 
done.  In  the  meantime,  we 
invite  the  support  of  everyone 
in  our  area  for  this  important 
project. 

Peter  McCarthy 
executive  director 


Photo  by  SCOTT  CABRAL 

Camper  Kendra  Ford  and  the  other  campers  sing  a  song  of  remembrance  at  Camp  Welch  Sunday  in 


to  have  some  fun 


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"I  met  a  new  friend  today.  I’m 
going  swimming  with  her,”  said 
Jessica.  "She  has  wicked  cool  gog¬ 
gles.” 

Nine-year-old  twins  Bridget 
and  Emma  of  Lakeville  lost  their 
father  to  a  heart  attack  and  wore 
visiting  the  camp  for  the  second 
year. 

"It’s  nice.  We  know  we're  not 
the  only  people  that  lost  some¬ 
one,"  said  Emma. 

“What  I  like  about  it  is  we  go  to 
the  pool.  We  get  to  play  on  the 
swings  and  in  the  sand  box,"  said 
Kendra,  7,  of  Somerset,  who  lost 
her  mother. 

Sponsored  by  Hospice 
Outreach,  a  program  of  the 
Visiting  Nurse  Association  of 
Southeastern  Massachusetts,  the 
children,  ages  6  to  14.  crafted  but¬ 
terflies  out  of  wood  on-  Saturday 
and  hung  them  on  a  remembrance 
tree  Sunday  during  a  service 
given  by  Hospice  Outreach 
Chaplain  Gwen  Hofman. 

The  children  sang  "Kumbaya," 
said  a  prayer,  and  told  something 
they  remembered  about  their 


‘It’s  nice.  We  know 
we  're  not  the  only 
people  that  lost 
someone.  ’ 

—  Emma 


loved  one.  There  were  tears,  but 
also  a  great  deal  of  smiles. 

”1  think  kids  feel  they’re  differ¬ 
ent  when  they  lose  someone. 
Everyone  has  parents  and  they 
just  feel  alone,”  said  Hofman. 
"One  of  the  biggest  things  (they 
learn)  is  they're  not  alone." 

Crystal  Bruno.  17.  a  junior 
camp  volunteer  from  Fall  River, 
understands  the  children’s  grief 
only  too  well.  Before  volunteering 
to  help  them,  she  was  a  camper 
herself. 

Bruno  lost  her  grandfather, 
who  lived  with  her  and  her  fami¬ 


ly.  to  liver  cancer  when  he  was  54. 

"He  was  like  a  father  to  me." 
she  said. 

Being  at  the  camp  after  he  died 
"helped  me  to  open  up  more  and 
understand  that  (death)  is  a  part 
of  life." 

Now  Bruno  can  share  what 
she’s  learned  and  "help  the  kids 
and  listen  to  the  kids." 

"It's  like  another  family,"  she 
said. 

All  of  the  children  attended  the 
camp  free  of  charge  and  received 
free  books,  T-shirts,  disposable 
cameras  and  goggles  for  swim¬ 
ming,  Home  Depot  donated  wood 
crafts  and  employees'  time. 
Domino's  Pizza  provided  a  pizza 
lunch  Sunday.  And.  Tremblay 
Bus  Co.  offered  free  transporta¬ 
tion  for  the  children  on  both  days. 

The  Caring  Kids  Camp  at 
Camp  Welch  is  paid  for  by  fund 
raising  efforts.  Those  who  would 
like  to  donate  to  the  fund  can  send 
checks  to:  The  Caring  Kids  Camp 
Fund,  C/O  Hospice  Outreach,  502 
Bedford  St..  Fall  River,  MA  02720. 

Deborah  Allard-Bernardi  may 
be  reached  at  dbernardi@herald- 
news.com. 


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Community  support  made  camp  possible 


On  June  28  and  29,  Hospice  Outreach  brought 
together  25  children  for  its  annual  Caring  Kids 
Camp  at  Camp  Welch  in  Assonet.  The  campers 
whose  ages  ranged  from  6  to  14.  had  one  thing  in 
common:  they  have  all  tragically  lost  a  loved  one 
who  played  a  significant  role  in  their  young  lives 
The  grieving  process  can  be  lonely  and  difficult 
for  anyone,  but  especially  so  for  a  child,  because 
their  peers  often  cannot  understand  their  loss. 
The  goal  of  the  camp  was  to  let  the  kids  have  fun 
and  realize  they  were  not  different  from  others 
because  of  their  loss.  The  weekend  consisted  of 
an  arts  and  crafts  program  sponsored  by  Home 
Depot  of  Taunton,  sporting  events,  story  time, 
support  groups  and  games.  At  the  end  of  the 
weekend  the  children  celebrated  the  lives  of  their 
deceased  loved  ones  in  a  moving  memorial  ser¬ 
vice. 

As  with  all  bereavement  services  offered  by 
Hospice,  no  fee  was  charged  for  the  chUdren  to 
attend  this  camp.  Without  the  support  of  the  com¬ 
munity  this  wonderful  weekend  would  not  have 


been  possible.  We  are  thankful  to  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Clubs  of  Fall 
River  for  allowing  us  to  use  Camp  Welch  for  this 
special  weekend,  to  Tremblay  Bus  Co.  for  provid¬ 
ing  transportation  and  to  Seth  Hockert-Lotz  of 
Domino’s  Pizza  for  supplying  lunch.  We  are  also 
grateful  to  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Fall  River  and  generous  individuals  for  their 
Financial  support.  Finally,  we  are  proud  of  our 
staff  and  volunteers  who  worked  so  hard  to  pro¬ 
vide  these  children  with  an  experience  they  will 
never  forget. 

The  benefits  of  support  programs,  such  as  the 
camp,  mean  so  much  to  those  suffering  a  loss. 
Hospice  Outreach  offers  bereavement  support  to 
anyone  in  the  community  who  has  suffered  the 
loss  of  a  loved  one.  For  more  information  about 
Hospice's  services  and  programs,  call  888-423- 
8001. 


Camping  and  coping 

A  weekena  irfffie  wood 


A  weekend woods 
helps  kids  deal  with  loss 


By  DEBORAH  ALLARD- 
BERNARDI 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FREETOWN  —  Every  child 
at  Camp  Welch  this  weekend 
was  there  to  remember  a  loved 
one  whose  life  had  been  claimed, 
whether  by  illness  or  accident. 

"The  majority  of  the  children 
have  lost  a  parent,"  said  Julia 
Joncas,  bereavement  coordina¬ 
tor  for  Hospice  Outreach  in  Fall 
River. 

Fifty  children  attended  the 
third  annual  Caring  Kids  Camp 
on  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

The  children  took  some  time  to 


remember  their  loved  ones, 
learned  they  are  not  alone  in  their 
grief,  and  also  met  new  friends  tc 
swim,  play  and  laugh  with. 

"We  give  them  the  opportunity 
to  feel  like  normal  kids,  have  fun, 
and  the  experience  to  share  their 
loss,"  Joncas  said. 

"My  dad  died  (in  a  motorcycle 
accident)  when  he  was  44,"  said 
Jessica,  8,  of  Easton.  "I  haven't 
seen  him  since  I  was  5.” 

Although  Jessica  came  to 
Camp  Welch  to  remember  her 
father,  she  was  also  remembering 
what  it’s  like  to  be  a  kid. 

►  Turn  to  CAMP,  Page  A6 


Photo  by  SCOTT  CABRAL 

Camper  Paul  Medeiros  hangs  an  ornament  in  memory  of « 
member  Sunday  at  Camp  Welch  in  Assonet. 


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family 


Herald  News  Photo  by  JACK  FOLEY 


ESEBHM 

Lambert  to  endure  roast 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  will  "roast”  Mayor  Edward  M. 
Lambert  Jr.  at  6  p.m.  Thursday,  Aug.  14.  at 
White's  of  Westport. 

The  proceeds  will  benefit  the  construc¬ 
tion  of  a  new  youth  center  at  the  club’s 
Bedford  Street  location. 

A  number  of  local  dignataries  are 
expected  to  participate  in  Lambert’s  roast. 
The  doors  open  at  6  p.m.  and  the  roast  will 
begin  at  7  p.m. 

The  event  is  non-political  and  non¬ 
partisan. 

"Everyone  is  invited  to  join  in  what  is 
expected  to  be  a  night  of  fun  and  good 
humor.”  Lambert  said.  "It’s  about  the  chil¬ 
dren  of  Fall  River,  not  politics." 

Tickets  are  $30  per  person  and  include 
dinner.  For  reservations  or  more  informa¬ 
tion,  call  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  at  508-672- 
6340.  Tickets  will  also  be  available  at  the 
door. 


A  trio  of  Fall  River  girls  play  in  one  of  the  huge  sandboxes  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  camp  in  Freetown.  From  left  are 
Haley  Smith.  7.  Monique  Onuoha,  7,  and  Kelsey  Oliveira,  6.  7/3ll0 _ 


Parents  brainstorm  local  improvement  ideas 

Healthy  City  Initiative  ‘visioning  session’  held  Thursday 


By  KATHLEEN  DURAND 

Herald  News.Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  About  a  dozen 
people  got  together  at  Talbot 
Middle  School  Thursday  night  to 
discuss  what's  good  about  their 
city  and  what  needs  to  be 
unproved. 

Like  other  groups  that  have 
been  meeting  this  summer,  the 
group  at  Talbot  wanted  to  have 
input  in  the  Healthy  City 
Initiative.  These  so-called 
"visioning  sessions"  will  develop 
and  outline  what  is  important  to 
residents  for  the  city’s  future. 

The  Healthy  City  Initiative  is 


a  project  of  Partners  for  a  Healthy 
Community,  which  is  the  local 
community  health  network  area, 
and  the  office  of  Mayor  Edward 
M.  Lambert  Jr.  It  was  launched 
on  Feb.  27. 

Dr.  David  Weed,  a  psycholo¬ 
gist  at  Corrigan  Mental  Health 
Center,  and  Michael  Coughlin. 
Initiative  member,  led  the  session 
at  Talbot.  Most  of  the  participants 
were  staff  members  and  parents 
at  the  school. 

They  said  some  of  the  city’s 
assets  are  that  it’s  in  a  beautiful 
geographic  area,  it  has  a  lot  of  his¬ 
tory.  great  parks,  a  waterfront,  a 
diverse  population,  many  after¬ 


school  programs  for  children  and 
a  huge  spiritual  base. 

They  said  they'd  like  to  see 
more  nature  trails,  and  they'd 
like  to  see  the  city  do  more  to 
highlight  its  diverse  population. 

The  group  said  the  Browning- 
Ferris  Industries  landfill  is  a 
challenge.  Participants  said 
they'd  like  to  see  a  cleaner  city 
and  they’d  like  to  see  Talbot 
updated.  They  pointed  out  that 
the  school’s  carpeting  is  30  years 
old.  They  stressed  the  importance 
of  programs  for  youths  with  adult 
mentoring  and  programs  such  as 
Teen  Topics  and  Smart  Moves 

^  Turn  to  VISION,  Page  A5 


— - -J - Tt^WS 

Program  helps 
area  students 

FALL  RIVER  -  In 
response  to  the  call  for 
more  effective  homework 
assistance  programs,  the 
JCPenney  Afterschool 
Fund  is  awarding  150 
local  Boys  &  Girls  Clubs 
grants  totaling  nearly  $1 
million. 

The  Boys  &  Gfrls  Club 
of  Fall  River  will  receive 
$5,000  to  implement  the 
updated  version  of  Boys 
&  Girls  Clubs  of 
America’s  Power  Hour. 

The  homework  assis¬ 
tance  program  is  based 
on  the  premise  that 
youngsters  need  to-view 
homework  as  an  opportu¬ 
nity  to  learn  how  to  work 
independently. 

The  Power  Hour 
Program  at  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  serves  more  than 
200  children  and  operates 
every  day  after  school. 


September  <aoo3  «■'*“ n°,os 

Financial  aid 

check  from  the  Fall  River  Area  Realtors,  including  Jeanne 
Santos  Dawn  Laferriere,  Chris  Migneault  and  Norma  Rose. 
Below,  Lisa  Abrams,  second  from  left.  If'Wam  director  lor 
Our  Sisters'  Place,  receives  a  $500  check  from  the  Realtors 
group,  including  Sanlos.  Ron  Rusln,  Laternere  and  David 
Raymondo. 


Customers  help  students 

SOMERSET  —  Customers  of  Slade's 
Ferry  Bank  brought  crayons,  pens,  note¬ 
books  and  other  school  supplies  to  their 
local  bank  branch,  filling  collection  bins 
throughout  August  to  help  local  school 
children. 

The  collected  supplies  were  placed  in  200 
book  bags  donated  by  the  bank  and 
Samsonite  Corp.  and  distributed  to  children 
in  need  who  attend  the  Newman  YMCA  in 
Seekonk,  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
and  the  New  Bedford  Bovs  &  Girls  Club. 


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Celtics  visit  Boys  and  Girls  Club 

Herald  News  Staff 

FALL  RIVER  —  What  can 
make  a  lot  of  youngsters  fill  a 
gymnasium  with  a  half-hour 
of  continual  screaming  and 
howling? 

Easy. 

A  personal  appearance  by  a 
Boston  Celtics  legend  and  100 
free  opening  night  tickets  at 
the  FleetCenter. 

Celtics  great  JoJo  White 
and  team  ownership  greeted 
local  fans  at  an  interactive 
rally  to  welcome  the  new 
Celtics  basketball  season,  at 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  803 
Bedford  St.,  on  Wednesday. 

The  Boston  Celtics/Pepsi 
New  England  Community 
Tour  is  designed  to  energize 
fans  about  the  upcoming  sea¬ 
son  which  opens  Oct.  29  with  a 
game  against  the  Miami  Heat 
at  the  FleetCenter. 

The  tour  is  making  stops  in 
20  New  England  communities 
as  the  Celtics  prepare  for  the 
start  of  the  2003-2004  season. 

"We  want  to  show  you  what 
our  team  really  means  to  our 
community,”  White  told  the 
youths,  who  chanted  "JoJo" 
when  he  was  introduced. 

"We  recognize  that  you  are 
the  future  (and)  how  important 
you  young  people  are,"  he  said. 

Mayor  Edward  M.  Lambert 
Jr.  read  a  proclamation  to  offi¬ 
cially  declare  it  Boston  Celtics 
Day  in  Fall  River. 

"We  love  basketball,  don't 
we?"  he  asked  the  youngsters, 
receiving  a  resounding  "yeah" 
from  them. 

"We’ve  had  some  great  bas¬ 
ketball  players  come  from  Fall 
River  and  have  even  played  for 
the  Celtics."  he  added,  thank¬ 
ing  the  children  for  their  show 
of  Celtics  support. 

The  Celtics  presented  a 
$1,000  check  to  support  the 
local  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

Peter  McCarthy,  the  club's 
executive  director,  expressed 
his  happiness  over  the  dona¬ 
tion  prior  to  the  program. 

“This  new  (Celtics)  manage¬ 
ment  is  pushing  to  get  out  to 
the  community, ”  he  noted. 

Officials  from  the  Celtics 
also  presented  to  Lambert  a 
team  jersey,  bearing  the  city's 
name. 

-  The  tour  stop  also  featured 
giveaways  of  Pepsi  products 
and  schedule  posters. 

Also  on  hand  was  Celtics 
mascot  Lucky  the  Leprechaun. 


Boston  Celtics  legend  JoJo 
White  and  team  ownership 
paid  a  visit  to  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  in  Fall  River 
Wednesday.  At  top.  Leon 
Reynolds,  8,  poses  with  the 
Celtics  mascot.  At  right,  Matt 
Myersohn,  a  Celtics  intern, 
hands  out  free  tickets  to  the 
kids  in  the  audience. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  billiards  tournament 


FALL  RIVER  -  The  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club  hosl 
ert  a  billiards  tournameni  last  week. 

Earning  Ihree  points  In  the  Junior  Division  were 
Paul  LaFrance.  Marcio  Santos.  Nathanial  Sylvester  and 
Marquis  Turner.  Khalil  Ayoud.  Victoria  Estrella.  Julia 
Ferreira  and  Finnesse  Medeiros  each  earned  one  point 
Winning  three  points  In  the  Senior  Division  inclutl- 
ed  James  Moody,  Robert  Paige  and  Andra  Reid 
Earning  one  point  were  Scott  Copley.  Crystal  DeCosta 
and  Shawn  Rego.  ZO//J /JJ 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  soccer  signup 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Fall  River  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  will  hold  registration  for  its  fall 
soccer  leagues  along  with  Orientation 
Night  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

The  Junior  Boys  Lague  (ages  8-12)  will 
register  on  Oct.  28  at  6  p.m.  The  Girls 
League  (ages  8-14)  will  hold  registration  on 
Oct.  30th  at  6  p.m.  and  the  Intermediate  co¬ 
ed  league  (ages  13-16)  will  register  on  Nov. 
5th  at  6  p.m.  There  is  no  fee  to  play,  but  all 
players  must  be  members  of  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club. 

All  players  will  play  a  10  game  schedule 
and  a  playoff  and  championship  series  will 
follow.  For  more  information  contact  Kevin 
Vorro  at  508-672-6340.  jQjQ  tf/CfJ) 


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Sign  up  for  Smart  Moves 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Fall  River  Boys 
’  and  Girls  Club  is  offering  the  Smart  Moves 
program  again  this  year!  The  program 
focuses  on  providing  information  to  youth 
on  the  dangers  of  tobacco,  alcohol,  illegal 
drugs  and  teen  pregnancy. 

More  than  200  Boys  and  Girls  Clut 
members  have  already  successfully  com 
pleted  the  program.  A  graduation  night 
was  held  in  their  honor. 

The  sessions  meet  once  a  week  for  eight 
weeks  with  three  separate  age  groups:  8  to 
9  years  old;  10  to  12  years  old;  and  13  and 
older.  The  Smart  Moves  program  consists 
of  group  discussions,  games,  movies,  field 
trips  and  guest  speakers. 

The  Smart  Moves  program  is  free  to  ali 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  members.  Sign-up  for 
the  next  session  will  be  held  today  through 
Monday.  Oct.  27.  For  more  information 
call  Mimi  Larrivee  at  508-672-6340. 


costume  winners  named 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys 
and  Club’s  annual  Halloween  party  was  a 
big  success  with  more  than  350  children 
attending. 

The  highlight  of  the  night  was  the  “monster 
walk."  Assisted  by  more  than  50  volunteers, 
young  guests  lined  up  for  some  scares  by  a 
variety  of  monsters.  A  candy  carnival  ensured 
that  no  child  went  home  empty-handed. 

Winners  of  the  costume  contest  were 
Jayden  Texiera  as  Pinhead;  Kaitlyn  Lepage 
as  a  cheerleader;  Kylie  Moniz  as  an  angel; 
Anica  Gomes  as  a  butterfly;  Jessalyn 
Eberson  as  a  witch;  Jordan  Moniz  as  a  beat- 
up  Spider-man;  Nicolas  Cortez  as  a  wizard; 
Stephen  Silva  as  a..  Marine;  Kaitlyn 
Vasconcellos  as  a  mouse;  Gus  Galiatti  as  a 
prisoner;  Kasey  Edge  as  Michael  Myers; 
Mason  Gomes  as  Simba;  Alana  President  as 
a  cheerleader;  and  Hailey  and  Kaitlyn 
Tavares  as  twin  cheerleaders.  !0/%O° 3 


An  open  invitation  to 

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BY  CHELSEA 
W0NAC0TT-MERSH0N 

chelsea@eastbaynewspaperscom 

TIVERTON  —  This  year  Lee- 
Ann  and  Adam  Larrivee  say 
they  will  have  a  traditional 
Thanksgiving  dinner,  which  is 
hard  to  believe  because  they 
are  expecting  1,000  guests. 

Ever  since  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lar¬ 
rivee  bought  the  Ponta  Delgra- 
da  Restaurant  last  January, 
they  have  wanted  to  promote 
community  outreach.  On 
Thursday,  Nov.  27,  they  will  get 
that  chance  when  they  host  a 
Thanksgiving  feast  from  noon 
to  4  p.m.  at  the  Ponta  Delgada 
Club. 

They  extend  an  invitation  to 
the  homeless,  the  elderly,  needy 
families  who  can’t  afford  a  tra¬ 
ditional  dinner  and  people  who 
would  rather  join  a  festive 
group  than  cook  for  one. 

“There  are  so  many  people 
who  go  without  at  the  holidays. 


there’s  a  great  need.  So  no  one 
will  be  turned  away.  Everyone 
will  be  served,"  Mrs.  Larrivee 
said. 

This  is  a  first-time  event,  but 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larrivee  hope  it  will 
become  an  annual  celebration 
and  a  family  tradition.  Not  only 
will  guests  be  fed,  but  also  they 
will  leave  with  a  food  basket  to 
take  home. 

“I  think  my  kids  need  to  see 
that  not  everyone  has  what 
they  need.  I  want  them  to 
appreciate  what  they  have,” 
said  Mrs.  Larrivee,  whose  four 
children,  all  youriger  than  14, 
are  doing  what  they  can  to  help 
spread  the  word,'  collect  the 
food,  enlist  volunteers  and  dec¬ 
orate  the  hall. 

“We  .are  getting a.  good 
response  from  area  volunteers.  I 

See  FEAST  Page  2 


a  Thanksgiving  feast 


RICHARD  W.  DIONNE  JR 

Adam  Larrivee  stirs  a  pot  at  the  Ponta  Delgada  Restaurant 


With  some  of  the 
collected  Thanks¬ 
giving  food  are 
(clockwise  from 
boy  in  front  left- 
center).  Jordan  Lar¬ 
rivee,  Noel  Larrivee, 
Lee-Ann  Larrivee, 
Brittney  Harrison, 
Adam  Larrivee, 
Anlix  Rivera,  Danny 
Folgers/Zi  Somers, 
Tyler  Le  France,  and 
Mimi  Larrivee. 


FEAST  FOR  ALL 

From  Page  1 

have  a  brother-in-law  who’s  a 
teacher  at  Durfee  High  School 
who’s  helping  with  a  canned  food 
drive  there.  The  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  is  pitching  in  with  a  food 
drive,  and  so  is  Somerset  High 
School.  The  Ponta  Delgrade  Club 
has  donated  its  function  facility, 
which  seats  over  600  people  at 
once,"  said  Mrs.  Larrivee. 

To  avoid  spending  money  on 
costly  manufactured  decor,  Mrs. 
Larrivee  appealed  to  public 
school  children  and  their  art 
teachers.  Local  Fall  River  elemen¬ 
tary  school  children  are  donating 
their  Thanksgiving  art  projects  to 


:  A  Thanksgiving  invitation 


decorate  the  hall  with  turkeys, 
cornucopias  and  Indians. 

The  Lamvees  are  still  asking 
local  businesses  and  food  distrib¬ 
utors  to  help  with  donations, 
either  monetary  or  canned.  They 
say  they  need  all  the  help  they 
can  get;  after  all,  Mr.  Larrivee  is 
cooking  for  an  estimated  1,000 
guests. 

“We’ve  gone  through  newspa¬ 
per  ads  and  distributed  fliers  to 
different  organizations  and 
senior  services,  and  a  lot  of  it 
depends  on  word-of-mouth,”  she 
said.  “So  we  really  have  no  idea 
how  many  people  to  expect.  It’s 
a  little  scary.  It  could  be  five  or 
1,000  people  who  come!” 


Turkeys  needed 

The  Larrivee  family  wants  to 
thank  the  community  for  its 
overwhelming  response  to 
volunteer  this  Thanksgiving, 
but  more  help  is  needed. 
Turkeys  and  decorations  that 
have  to  do  with  turkeys  or 
Thanksgiving  are  in  demand. 
To  make  donations: 

■  Call  the  Ponta  Delgada 
Restaurant  at  62472500, 

■  Call  Lee-Ann  Larrivee  at 
508-264-2909, 

■  Or  send  a  check  to 
Thanksgiving  Fund,  c/o  Lee- 
Ann  Larrivee,  P.0.  Box  1284, 
Fall  River,  MA  02722. 


Herald  News  Photo  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 


Tiverton  Yacht  Club  Summer  Sailing  students  Stephen  Hughes,  12.  of  Tiverton,  above  left, 
and  Robert  Franklin,  12,  of  Portsmouth,  R.I.,  put  a  new  name  on  an  Optimus  between 
lessons.  At  left.  Dayne  Bourget  of  Tiverton  cannonballs  into  the  pool  at  Camp  Welch  in  Assonet. 


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Boys  &  Girls  alumni  sought 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew 
,  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  which  has 
been  serving  the  city's  children  for  more 
than  a  century,  is  forming  an  alumni 
association  for  all  those  who  have  been  a 
member  of  the  club  over  the  years. 
tO  The  club,  which  presently  has  more 
^  than  2.000  members,  has  been  in  its 
Bedford  Street  location  for  more  than  35 
^•years.  It  had  been  on  Pocasset  Street  for 
more  than  50  years  prior  to  moving  to  its 
current  location. 

To  set  up  the  alumni  association,  a 
number  of  local  residents  who  had  been 
designated  as  Youth  of  the  Year  at  the 
club  over  the  past  20  years  met  recently  to 
discuss  methods  of  attracting  members. 

Former  Boys  and  Girls  Club  members 
who  wish  to  become  part  of  the  alumni 
association  can  call  the  club  at  508-672 
6340 


Above,  the  newly  formed  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Alumni  Association  at  their  organizational  meeting.  Members  looked  over  several 
newspaper  clippings  about  the  1 10-year-old  organization,  among  them  a  shot  taken  in  1989,  below,  by  Herald  News  photographer  Jack  o  ey. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  alumni  ready  to  give  back 


OUR  TOWN 


Herald  News  Staff 

FALL  RIVER  -  They 
ranged  in  age  from  21  to  90  as 
they  gathered  at  an  organiza¬ 
tional  meeting  of  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Alumni  Association  on 
Wednesday  night. 

And  the 
main  reason  for 
re-establishing 
the  association 
of  the  110-year- 
old  organiza¬ 
tion  was  quite 
clear  on  the 
meeting’s  agen¬ 
da:  “Giving  back  to  the 
children  today.” 

At  one  time,  there  was 
an  alumni  association  when 
the  organization  was  strictly  a 
boys'  club.  There  also  was  a 
women's  auxiliary,  but  both 
disbanded  about  10  years  ago. 

"This  is  something  we've 
talked  about  for  years,  since 
the  old  alumni  association  dis¬ 
banded,"  said  Peter  McCarthy, 
the  club's  executive  director. 

Now  club  officials  hope  to 
round  up  former  members  and 
create  a  new  alumni  associa¬ 
tion.  They  hope  to  have  400 
members  by  Jan.  1. 

Explaining  that  the  club  is 
always  in  need  of  help  in  a 
number  of  areas,  such  as  men¬ 
tors,  coaches  and  volunteers. 
McCarthy  said  there  are  thou¬ 
sands  of  former  members  in 
the  area. 

“We  have  such  a  vast 


resource  of  knowledge,”  he 
said,  “and  we’ve  come  to  the 
point  where  we  need  help  in 
various  things.  So  it  would  be  a 
shame  not  to  utilize  people 
who  grew  up  here." 

He  said  the  alumni  mem¬ 
bers  would  be  a  great  source  of 
help  with  the 
— — expanded  pro¬ 
grams  that 

serve  the  club's 
youths. 

About  300  to 
500  young  peo¬ 
ple  walk 

through  the 
club’s  doors 
daily,  some  to  play  basket- 
$  ball  or  other  sporting  activi¬ 
ties.  and  others  to  socialize 
with  friends  and  do  homework. 

McCarthy  said  the  alumni 
would  not  only  support  the 
programs  and  events,  but 
would  determine  “what  we  can 
do  to  get  resources  needed  to 
serve  the  kids  properly." 

Pointing  to  various  alumni 
members  in  the  club's  library 
and  the  various  talents  avail¬ 
able,  he  said.  “There’s  a  nurse. 
And  there’s  a  teacher.  There's 
a  hair  dresser  and  a  coach.” 

Perry  Lewis,  the  club’s 
director  of  development,  esti¬ 
mated  there  probably  are 
15,000  to  20,000  members  of  the 
community  who  are  former 
members  of  the  club. 

“My  job  is  to  increase 
awareness  of  the  club  in  the 
community,  so  it’s  been  a  long¬ 
time  idea  to  start  an  alumni 


association,”  he  said. 

Former  youths  of  the  year 
were  present  as  well  as  older 
members  who  have  been  mem¬ 
bers  for  more  than  half  a  cen¬ 
tury. 

For  the  past  25  years,  Lewis 
said,  these  young  people  have 
been  "identified  as  leaders  and 
participants  in  all  activities  at 
the  club. 

“We  invited  them  back  as 
the  core  group  to  start  the 
alumni  association,”  he  said. 
“Also  invited  were  many  older 
members  of  the  community 
who  have  been  volunteers.  We 
wanted  them  to  see  what  we've 
been  up  to." 

Noting  that  the  club  is 
presently  involved  in  a  S2.5 
million  expansion/renovation 
project,  he  said,  "We’d  like  to 
bring  the  alumni  back  to  see 
the  club  as  it  is  now  ...  and  get 
them  re-involved  in  the  club.” 

"We’ve  been  a  part  of  the 
community  for  1 10  years,"  he 
said,  adding,  “We  also  want 
those  opportunities  to  support 
the  club  financially." 

He  said  the  end  of  next 
summer  is  the  projected  com¬ 
pletion  date  for  the  expansioh 
project.  "We  hope  to  have  the 
kids  in  by  the  opening  of 
school.”  he  noted. 

Ninety-year-old  Clem 
Dowling  has  been  a  longtime 
board  member  and  chairman 
of  various  committees  at  the 
club. 

"It’s  been,  enjoyable,"  he 
said. 


Tom  Kozak,  78,  still  does  his 
daily  workout  at  the  club  that 
'includes  riding  a  bike,  swim¬ 
ming  in  the  pool  and  shooting 
baskets  on  the  basketball 
court. 

Kozak  has  been  a  member 
of  the  club  since  he  was  9.  He 
recalled  when  he  used  to  play 
basketball  in  the  morning  at 
the  old  club  on  Anawan  Street, 
go  home  for  lunch,  then  return 
in  the  afternoon  to  play  ball 
again. 

“You’d  play  a  game  for  10 
minutes,  and  you  had  to  win  if 
you  wanted  to  play  again,”  he 
recalled. 

“I  can  still  swim  the  length 
of  the  pool  underwater,"  he 
said,  and  he  also  does  aerobics 


in  the  pool. 

And  when  a  club  employee 
once  asked  a  youngster  if  he 
would  get  rebounds  for  Kozak, 
the  youth  was  surprised  to  see 
the  near  octogenarian  make 
about  40  consecutive  shots 
from  the  foul  line. 

Listening  to  Kozak. 
Dowling  commented,  “Those 
were  the  days  of  the  Great 
Depression.  There  wasn’t 
much  else  we  could  do." 

Dowling  and  Kozak  both 
indicated  that  they  knew 
Thomas  Chew. 

Former  members  of  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  who 
would  like  to  become  a  part  of 
the  alumni  association  can  call 
the  cluh  at  508-672-6340. 


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Boys’  &  dirlsf  CIub  swim 
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FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys'  &  Girls' 
Club,  despite  winning  three  divi¬ 
sions,  dropped  a  319-208  swim 
decision  to  the  Pawtucket  Sharks. 

Meet  results: 

Girls 


Sara  Medeiros  (2nd  butterfly,  33.06. 
3rd.  breaststroke,  38.95);  Savannah 
Pacheco  (4th.  breaststroke,  46.46);  Aia 
Scott  (3rd  freestyle.  27.56;  3rd  back- 
stroke.  38.50);  Manssa  Surgens  1st 
ireestvle  23.79);  Kayla  Tonucci  (1st 
backstroke?  26.96),  Tonucci  Pacheco. 
Medeiros.  Surgens  (1st  medley  relay. 

2  18  44);  Pacheco,  Victoria  Gagne. 
Surgens,  and  Scott  (2nd  100  free  relay, 

2  07  32);  Angela  Beverage  (freestyle. 
2391 );  Jessica  Franos  (backstroke. 
51  59);  Gagne  (freestyle.  32  31). 

Boys 

8  and  Under 

Kyle  Arsenault  (2nd  freestyle. 
31.69;  2nd  backstroke,  50.41). 

Girls 

9  and  Under 

Bethany  Arruda  (3rd  backstroke 
IT  cassie  Beniamin  (1st  individual 
2nd  butterfly.  4J60; 
Katelyn  Cappello  (4th  freestyle,  53.00), 
rourtnev  Dias  (2nd  backstroke.  55.33). 

Alexandra  Mendonca  (3rd  butterfly. 
53  86);  Kristen  Montuon  (2nd  freestyle, 
43  79;  3rd  breaststroke.  1-00.21), 
Amjda,  Francis.  Benjamin.  Montuon  (1st 
medlev  relay.  1:28.40);  Cappello.  Dias, 

Francis  Mendonca  (2nd  200  tree  relay, 
3-36  25)  Jen  Collier.  Anuda,  Nicole  and 
Je?s,ca  Cooklnham  (200 1  « 

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Ssm' b^roke. ,  , 2.TO Nicol. 
Cookinham  (backstroke.  1.07.26). 

Boys 

9  pod  Under 

Jand  Batista  (2nd  ,'«  *****■! 


Jack  Grace  (3rd,  breaststroke.  59.18). 
Danny  Morris  (2nd.  butterfly.  1:03.73  . 
Jesse  Morris  (2nd.  freestyle.  39.46); 
Jonathan  Santos  (4th,  freestyle,  53.53); 
Dem.  Grace.  Danny  and  Jesse  Moms 
(2nd.  medley  relay,  1:28.82;  2nd.  200 
free  relay.  2:44.93);  Cory  Barney  (free. 
1:03.58);  Cory  Tremblay  (free,  1:24.47). 
Girls 

11-12  years  old 

Amy  Astle  (3rd,  breaststroke,  51 .33); 
Sara  Conrad  (3rd.  freestyle,  41.96); 
Amanda  Couture  (1st.  backstroke. 
46.51);  Jasmin  Grace  (3rd,  backstroke, 
1:01  58):  Melyssa  Looker  (1st.  100  Indi¬ 
vidual  medley,  1:35.32;  2nd,  butterfly, 
46,45);  Jessica  Mazurek  (1st.  freestyle, 
33.55);  Amanda  Medeiros  (2nd.  breast¬ 
stroke.  49.60);  Astle  Couture.Looker. 
Mazurek  (2nd.  medley  relay.  2.52.90), 
Mazurek,  Astle.  Couture,  Medeiros  (2nd, 
200  free  relay,  2:33.07);  Rache  Ferreira, 
Donnelly.  Conrad,  Grace  (3rd,  free  relay, 
3:42.65);  Ferreira  (free.  1 :01 .80). 

Boys 

11-12  years  old 

Thomas  Gonsalves  (1st,  individual 
medley.  1:24.77;  (2nd,  butterfly,  40.23). 
Girls 

13-14  years  old 

Casandra  Alves  [Ist.JOO  butterfly 
i  ?4  72'  2nd,  200  Individual  medley 
2:56  02);  Nicole  Astle  (1st,  100  freesri/le 
1:15,29;  1st,  100  breaststroke.  1:38.05) 
Nicole  Montouri  (2nd.  100  freestyle 
1:15.95;  2nd,  100  backstroke,  1:29.94). 


Boys 
13-14  years  old 

Thomas  Landry  (1st.  100  freestyle 
1:09.41). 

Girls 

is-18  years  old 

Jackie  Laurence  (1st  100  brmslsuoke, 
1:27.95. 3rd,  100  Ireestyle,  1:29.61). 

Boys 

15-in  years  old 

Chris  Demeule  (3rd.  100  freesMe. 
1-0331;  3rd  100  breaststroke,  1:1 9.94). 
Nick  Gouveia  (2nd.  100  backstroke^ 
1-23  23);  Jeff  McGuinness  (1st.  100 
freestyle,  59  33;  2nd,  breaststroke. 
1:19.06);  William  McGuinness  (1st.  200 
IM.  2-29.04. 1st.  100  backstroke,  1.07.83). 


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joys  and  Girls  Club  wants  to  keep  in  touch 

Alumni  group  being  established 

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■y  DEBORAH  ALLARD-BERNARDI 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

.FALL  RIVER  —  Calling  all 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  members:  a  new  alumni 
association  is  being  established. 

"Come  see  us."  said  Director  of 
Development  Perry  Lewis. 

With  some  20.000  former  club 
members  living  in  and  around  the 
area.  Boys  and  Girls  Club  officials 
are  hoping  to  round  up  its  members 
and  create  a  new  alumni  association. 

"We  want  to  expand  our  interest 
base,”  said  Peter  McCarthy,  the 


club's  executive  director. 

Lewis  said:  "We’ll 
have  people  that  go  back 
to  tlie  1930s." 

The  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  has  a  110-year  his¬ 
tory  of  catering  to 
youths.  About  300  to  500 
youths  walk  through  its 
doors  each  day,  some  to 
play  basketball  or  other 
sporting  activities,  and  others  to  hang 
out  with  friends  and  do  homework. 


OUR TOWN 


At  one  time,  there 
was  an  Alumni 
Association  when  the 
organization  was  strictly 
a  boys’  club.  It  also  had  a 
Women’s  Auxiliary,  but 
McCarthy  said  both  dis¬ 
banded  about  a  decade 
ago. 

But,  don’t  say  "boys' 
club”  to  Irene  Orlando, 
better  known  as  "Auntie  Irene,"  who 
has  been  volunteering  for  the  Boys 

and  Girls  Club  for  50  _ 

years. 

Orlando  wasn’t  a 
member  of  the  club 
as  a  little  girl,  but  she 
remembers  visiting 
the  club  on  Saturdays 
when  it  was  closed 
and  her  brothers 
worked  there. 

She  was  also  a 
member  of  the 
Women's  Auxiliary 
years  later,  and  cur¬ 
rently  serves  on  the 
club's  board  of  direc¬ 
tors.  Seventy-five  per- 


Lewis  said  alums  can  look  forward  to 
receiving  a  newsletter.  He  said  that 
having  a  listing  of  all  those  former 
members  will  also  come  in  handy 
whenever  volunteers  are  being 
sought  for  events,  and  for  fund¬ 
raising  efforts. 

“We  need  a  way  to  keep  the  club 
going  and  growing."  said  McCarthy. 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  has  about 
70  volunteers,  many  of  whom  were 
members  and  many  who  have  been 
there  for  years. 

“We’re  not  the  norm  as  far  as 
turnover,"  said  McCarthy.  “The  older 
you  get,  you  see  the  difference  you 
can  make  in  (some¬ 
one’s)  life." 

Increasing  the 
club's  visibility  in  the 
city  is  also  a  goal  of 
board  members. 

“It’s  sad,  we  don't 
have  the  type  of  com¬ 
munity  involvement 
we  should  have,"  said 
Orlajido. 

Board  members 
are  hoping  that  they 

executive  director  can  plan  a  recogni¬ 
tion  dinner  for  volun- 
teers  —  and  with 
such  a  broad  base  of 


‘The  older  you 
get,  you  see  the 
difference  you 
can  make  in 
(someone’s)  life.’ 

—  Peter  McCarthy, 


Herald  News  Photo  by  JACK  FOLEY 

The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is  estab¬ 
lishing  an  alumni  organization.  From  left  are  "Auntie"  Irene  Orlando,  vice 
president  of  the  board  of  directors;  Education  Coordinator  Melissa  Tavares; 
Executive  Director  Peter  McCarthy;  Aquatics  Director  Monica  Tavares;  Teen 
Director  Michelle  Larrivee;  and  Director  of  Development  Perry  Lewis. 


cent  of  the  board’s  members  are 
alumni. 

“It’s  probably  the  most  rewarding 
work,”  said  Orlando. 

Michelle  Larrivee.  the  teen 
director  and  member  since  she  was 
10,  said  she  thought  an  alumni  associ¬ 
ation  was  "a  great  idea." 

“It’s  the  camaraderie,"  said 
McCarthy. 

Although  in  its  beginning  stages. 


alumni,  they  can  undertake  other 
events. 

"We  want  to  utilize  the  vast 
resources  we  have."  said  Lewis. 

Former  members  of  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  who  would  like  to  become 
a  part  of  the  Alumni  Association  can 
call  the  club  at  508-672-6340. 

Deborah  Allard-Bernardi  may  be 
reached  at  dbernardi@heraldnews.com. 


I 


Photo  by  RICK  SNIZEK/Fall  River  Spirit 


CASSIE  BENJAMIN,  10,  looks  to  get  an  early  taste  of  the  frosted  cookies  for  dessert,  while  Tasha  Folger,  1 1 ,  heads  to  her  seat  and  Marisa 
Surgens.  7,  steps  forward  to  be  served  by  staff  member  Anlix  Rivera-Jimenez. 


Boys  &  Girls  Glub  serves  up  holiday  fare  for  children  to  enjoy  with  their  families 


By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

It’s  a  long  way  from  the  island  of  St.  Kitts  to  Fall 
River,  but  Arlene  Omosefunmi  showed  330 
children  and  families  at  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club’s  annual  Thanksgiving  celebration  that 
she  hasn’t  lost  an  ounce  of  the  Caribbean  hos¬ 
pitality  in  the  18  years  she  has  lived  here. 


“You  feel  very  proud  you  can  do  this  for  the  kids, 
parents  and  community,”  Arlene  says,  with  the  words 
flowing  from  her  lips  in  her  native  West  Indian  dialect 
like  trade  winds  caressing  a  grove  of  palm  fronds. 

Arlene  has  worked  as  a  cook  at  the  Club,  at  803  Bed¬ 
ford  St.,  for  the  last  six  years,  and  each  year  has  or¬ 
chestrated  the  massive  effort  to  serve  a  complete 


Submitted  Photo 

Jordan  Gagne  of  Fall  River  served  as  the  McDonald's 
Honorary  Ball  Kid  at  the  Boston  Celtics'  home  game  against 
the  Sacramento  Kings  recently  at  the  FleetCenter.  As  the 
ballboy,  Gagne  rebounded  for  Celtics  players  during  pre¬ 
game  warmups,  received  an  autographed  basketball,  two 
tickets  to  the  game  and  a  T-shirt.  His  name  was  announced 
and  displayed  on  the  FleetCenter's  JumboTron. 


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Club  swimmers  shine  in  meet  vs.  East  Providence 


Boys  &  Girls 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River 
Flyers  swimming  squad,  representing 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  participated  in  a  meet  last 
weekend  against  the  East  Providence 
Tidal  Waves. 

East  Providence,  with  a  much  larger 
squad,  won  the  meet  overall,  307-130.  but 
Fall  River  did  manage  to  win  three  dif¬ 
ferent  age  divisions  -  11-12  boys,  13-14 
girls,  and  15-18  boys. 

Here  were  Fall  River's  top  efforts: 

8  &  Under 

BOYS:  Kyle  Arsenault.  3rd  freestyle 
(33:60);  Austin  Picard,  freestyle  (32.25). 

GIRLS:  Jessica  Francis,  backstroke  (53.44) 
and  freestyle  (55.16):  Victoria  Gaane.  freestyle 


(2375);  Sara  Medeiros.  2nd  butterfly  (28.99), 
breaststroke  (34.82)  and  backstroke  (24.30), 
Savannah  Pacheco,  3rd  breaststroke  (37.92) 
and  butterfly  (43.86);  Aja  Scott,  breaststroke 
(43.64)  and  butterfly  (44.17);  Marissa  Surgens, 
2nd  freestyle  (22.12),  4th  backstroke  (29.68) 
and  breaststroke  (39,27);  Kayla  Tonucci,  3rd 
backstroke  (25.97)  and  breaststroke  (39.27); 
Tonuccl-Pacheco-Medeiros-Scott,  2nd  medley 
relay  (1:59.46);  Surgens-Scott-Medeiros- 
Gagne,  2nd  100  freestyle  relay  (1  47.45). 

9-10  year  olds 

BOYS:  Cory  Barney,  freestyle  (1:10.92)  and 
backstroke  (1:10.86):  Jarid  Batista,  3rd  100 
individual  medley  (2:05.83),  3rd  backstroke 
(57.99)  and  butterfly  (1:22.09);  Aaron  Dern.  2nd 
backstroke  (48.80)  and  freestyle  (35.90);  Jack 
Grace.  2nd  breaststroke  (54.91);  Danny  Morris, 
individual  medley  (1:50.06)  and  butterfly 
(56.81);  Jesse  Morris,  2nd  freestyle  (36.90)  and 


backstroke  (49.13);  Jonathan  Santos,  4th 
freestyle  (1:01.61)  and  breaststroke  (1:15.61); 
Dem-Grace-D.  Morris-J.  Morris,  2nd  100  med¬ 
ley  relay  and  200  freestyle  relay. 

GIRLS:  Bethany  Arruda,  3rd  backstroke 
(51.06);  Cassie  Benjamin,  2nd  Individual  medley 
(1:29.07)  and  butterfly  (42.07);  Katelyn  Cappello, 
4th  freestyle  (49.42);  Jen  Collier,  freestyle 
(56.95)  and  backstroke  (1:21.48);  Jessica 
Cookinham,  freestyle  (56.95)  and  backstroke 
(57.67);  Nicole  Cookinham,  backstroke 
(1 : 1 0.35);  Courtney  Dias,  4th  backstroke  (57.19); 
Jena  Francis,  3rd  breaststroke  (56.52); 
Alexandra  Mendonca,  4th  butterfly  (52  77); 
Kristen  Montuorl,  2nd  freestyle  (40.66)  and  4th 
breaststroke  (56.90);  Arruda-Francls-Benjamin- 
Montuori,  2nd  medley  relay  (1:28.99);  Cappello- 
Dias-Mendonca-Cookinham,  4th  medley  relay 
(1 :51 .60);  Cappello-Dlas-Francls-Mendonca, 
2nd  200  freestyle  relay  (3:23.85);  Collier-Arruda, 


J.  Cookinham-N.  Cookinham,  3rd  freestyle  relay 
(4:13,13). 

11-12  year  olds 

BOYS:  Ben  Demeule,  1st  freestyle  (33.17),  1st 
backstroke  (41.88),  breaststroke  (50.69);  Thomas 
Gonsalves,  1st  individual  medley  (1:22.10),  1st 
butterfly  (36.15)  and  freestyle  (32.07). 

GIRLS:  Amy  Astle,  3rd  backstroke  (43.90); 
Sara  Conrad,  3rd  freestyle  (39.92)  and  back- 
stroke  (50.47);  Amanda  Couture,  3rd  breast¬ 
stroke  (48.74);  Andrea  Donnelly,  freestyle 
(53.75)  and  backstroke  (1:01.42);  Jasmin 
Grace,  breaststroke  (57.74);  Kyla  Looker,  2nd 
100  individual  medley  (1:33.11)  and  butterfly 
(43.19);  Melyssa  Looker.  3rd  individual  medley 
(1:38.37)  and  2nd  backstroke  (42.76);  Jessica 
Mazurek,  1st  freestyle  (34.58);  Amanda 
Medeiros,  4th  breaststroke  (51.58);  M.  Looker- 
Couture-K.  Looker-Mazurek,  2nd  medley  relay 
(2:45.31);  Conrad-Astle-Medelros-Grace.  3rd 


medley  relay  (3:15.05);  Medeiros-Astle- 
Couture-Mazurek,  3rd  freestyle  relay  (2:31.84). 

13-14  year  olds 

BOYS:  Thomas  Landry,  3rd  freestyle 
(1:10  28)  and  2nd  breaststroke  (1:34.57). 

GIRLS:  Cassandra  Alves,  1st  individual  med¬ 
ley  (2:56.46)  and  1st  butterfly  (1:26.24);  Nicole 
Astle,  2nd  freestyle  (1:16.41)  and  breaststroke 
1:38.31);  Melanie  Brown,  1st  backstroke 
1:22.59),  freestyle  (1:15,87);  Nicole  Montuori,  4th 
freestyle  (1  18.16)  and  2nd  backstroke  (1:29.92); 
Brown-Astle-Alves-Montuori,  2nd  freestyle  relay 
(2:14.04)  and  medley  relay  (2:31,64). 

15-18  year  olds 

BOYS:  Jeff  McGuInness,  1st  freestyle 
(58.82)  and  1st  breaststroke  (1:16.93). 

GIRLS:  Jackie  Lourenco,  1st  breaststroke 
(1:29.97). 

Next  meet:  Saturday  at  Cumberland 
Lincoln  (R.l.)  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


Herald  Newsghotos  by  OMAR  BRAULb  Y 

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Double  vision 


People  were  seeing  double  Wednesday  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Soys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River.  Several  sets  ol  twins  were  spotted  at 
the  Bedford  Street  facility,  some  volunteering  their  time,  others  taking 
advantage  of  the  many  activities  offered.  Clockwise  from  above^  Twins 
Jessica,  left,  and  Nicole  Cooklnham.  9.  standing,  help  twins  Alyssa. 
left  and  Tyler  Campina.  5.  piece  a  puzzle  together.  Twins  Menssa,  left, 
and  Brittny  Fernandes,  13.  are  among  the  several  teens  who  go  10  the 
club  after  school.  Kaitlyn  Vasconcellos,  8,  center,  gets  help  with  her 
-eading  from  twins  Melissa,  left,  and  Monica  Tavares,  26.  who  counsel 
and  supervise  children  at  the  club.  Twins  Micah,  left,  and  India  Scott, 
12,  play  one-on-one  basketball  in  the  gymnasium. 


Xanuiarj  la,  3-00  4 

Boys  Club  basketball 

F ALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  has  announced  registra¬ 
tion  and  orientation  for  its 
upcoming  basketball  league  sea¬ 
sons. 

There  will  be  three  divi¬ 
sions:  Junior  Boys  (age  9-12), 
Intermediate  Boys  (13-16)  and 
Girls  (10-15). 

The  registration  and  orienta¬ 
tion  schedule:  Junior  Boys.  6 
p.m.  Tuesday;  Intermediate 
Boys,  6  p.m.,  Wednesday;  Girls,  6 
p.m.,  Feb.  5.  Interested  players 
must  attend  the  appropriate  ses¬ 
sion  to  be  assured  of  a  roster 
spot. 

For  more  information,  call 
Kevin  Vorro  at  508-672-6340. 


Paper  football  league 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  is  forming 
a  Paper  Football  League.  Games  will  be 
played  Tuesday  nights,  starting  Jan.  13,  at 
6:15  p.m. 

There  will  be  three  divisions  of  compe¬ 
tition:  Cadets  (ages  5-8),  Juniors  (9-12), 
and  Intermediates  (13-17).  Anyone  wish¬ 
ing  to  play  should  call  John  Ciullo, 
Activities  Director,  at  508-672-6340. 


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Brown"  and  “The  West  Wing” 
among  other  series  and  was  lead 
singer  with  the  band  "The 
Modems." 

Diogo  met  Bowe  through 
another  Fall  Riverite,  Chris 
Medeiros,  with  whom  he  moved 
to  L.A.  the  second  time  around. 
Diogo  says  the  introduction  was 
fortuitous  in  part  because  the 


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Computer  class  . 
offered  at  club  /' 

FALL  RIVER  -  A  four-v 
course  in  Microsoft  Word  will 
be  held  at  6  p.m.  Mondays 
beginning  Jan.  26  at  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  oY  Fall  River, 
Bedford  Street. 

The  session  will  cover  an 
introductory,  detailed  approach 
to  Microsoft  Word  so  that  stu¬ 
dents  will  gain  a  proficiency  in 
creating  letters,  resumes,  fliers 
and  similar  subject  matter 

A  small  amount  of  computer 
knowledge  is  needed.  Each 
class  runs  two  and  a  hours.  The 
cost  for  the  session  is  $35. 

For  more  information  or  to 
make  reservations.  call 
Theresa  at  508-677-9686. 


actor  was  already  established; 
and  in  part  because  of  his  gen¬ 
erosity  toward  a  novice. 

“He  was  willing  to  teach  me 
the  tricks  of  the  trade,”  says 
Diogo.  "Tyler  has  taken  me 
under  his  wing,  given  me  the 

chance  to  work  as  an  actor." 

Certainly  he’s  neither  acting 
every  day,  nor  earning  enough 
money  to  pay  the  bills  because, 
he  readily  admits,  everyone  in 
L.A.  is  looking  to  get  into  film  or 
television. 

Still,  Diogo  says,  he's  caught  a 
break  and  his  real-life  job.  tend¬ 
ing  bar  at  the  Red  Rock  Bar  & 
Eatery  on  Sunset  Boulevard  puts 
hun  in  a  prime  position.  "It's  the 
perfect  place  to  pay  the  bills, 
meet  people,  hear  stories,  take 
the  opportunities  as  they  come 
and  never  take  anything  for 
granted." 

But  back  to  the  U-Haul  and 
the  Chevy.  They  factor  into  the 
equation  because  after  a  couple 
of  years  at  Bradford  College  in 
Haverhill,  the  business  manage¬ 
ment  major  headed  for  the  West 
Coast  to  continue  his  studies. 

"I've  always  had  a  feeling 
about  going  to  California,  the 
challenge  of  getting  up.  packing 
your  bags  and  facing  the 
unknown.  There's  a  rush."  he 
jays.  "And  in  the  back  of  my 
mind  I  always  thought  about  act¬ 
ing.  I  wanted  to  try  it  but  ditto  t 
know  how  I  was  going  to  do  it." 


Herald  News  Photo  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 

Dean  Diogo,  second  from  left,  his  brother  Jett,  tar  left,  and  Iriends 
and  family  cheer  on  the  Patriots  during  a  recent  game. 


Once  out  there,  he  pretty 
quickly  figured  he'd  have  to  get 
to  L.A.  The  first  move,  to  San 
Diego,  was  in  the  truck,  leased 
because  he  had  no  other  way  of 
making  the  trip. 

“I  had  two  suitcases,  a  bean- 
bag  chair  and  a  motorbike."  he 
sighs.  "It  was  the  longest  ride, 
but  I  took  a  chance." 

The  next  move  came  with 
word  that  an  actor,  the  friend  of 
a  friend  in  L.A..  needed  a  room¬ 
mate.  A  sheepish  grin  creases  his 
face  as  he  recounts  the  journey 
from  San  Diego  in  the  Chevy 
with  the  top  down,  losing  one  of 


his  15  boxes  of  possessions  as  he 
flew  along  the  freeway. 

By  then,  Diogo  had  taken  a 
few  acting  classes  and  landed 
background  roles  in  "Beverly 
Hills  90210"  and  “Buffy  the 
Vampire  Slayer.”  The  work  con¬ 
firmed  that  acting  was  for  him. 

"It’s  all  about  passion,  about 
finding  that  moment  and  making 
it  happen.”  he  says. 

He  was  also  smart  enough  to 
realize  that  he  wasn't  up  to  the 
challenge  in  a  city  where  every¬ 
one  is  on  the  hustle. 

"I  had  to  prepare  for  what  1 
was  going  to  face."  he  says. 


"Because  1  knew  1  was  going  to 
have  one  shot  and  whatever  hap¬ 
pened.  happened." 

So  the  young  man.  who 
admires  DeNiro  and  Pacino, 
returned  to  his  roots.  “I  came 
home  to  get  grounded."  he  says. 
sAnd  I  played  handball  at  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club,  five,  six  hours 
a  day  ...  lost  50  pounds  and 
reaped  the  support  of  the  guys.  I 
owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  the 
club.  Now  I'm  at  my  most 
focused  to  make  something  hap¬ 
pen." 

He  says  he  also  owes  his  par¬ 
ents  for  his  sound  upbringing. 
"They  knew  how  to  sit  me  down 
and  set  me  straight,"  he  says.  “At 
the  time  you  don't  understand 
what  they’re  doing,  but  this  is 
what  all  that  meant." 

While  he’s  waiting  to  see 
what  happens  with  "Hollywood 
X"  Diogo  has  helped  formulate  a 
script  titled  “Stealing  Poochie."  a 
comedy  about  guys  who  steal 
dogs  for  rewards. 

Meanwhile,  the  Hollywood 
connection  has  made  itself  felt 
here.  Diogo  is  happy  to  report 
that  brother  Jeff  has  named  his 
new  Fall  River  venture 
Hollywood  Construction  and 
adopted  the  slogan,  "We  don’t 
act,  we  produce." 

"Makes  me  proud  to  hear 
that."  says  Diogo. 


Billiards  tourney  results 

FALL  RIVER  —  Matthew 
Barreira  won  the  Junior  Division  of 
i  recent  billiards  tournament  at  the 
rhomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
3  iris  Club. 

Kori  Correia  was  second,  Finesse 
Vledeiros  third,  and  Sinatra  Sim 
ourth. 

In  the  Intermediate  Division, 
taheem  Stephenson  \yas  first.  Josue 
3ruz,  Jose  Montanez  and  Jonathan 
Peinero  tied  for  second.  Mario 
Hernandez  and  Dorian  Villegis  tied 

Fornfth  /AWdy 


[Jg_C€.W\b£f  H/ol OO^  Photos  by  MARK  DAVIDIAN/Fall  River  Spirit  SpeciE 

BETHANY  ARRUDA  smiles  as  she  rests  on  the  side  of  the  pool. 


SARA 

MEDEIROS, 

above,  waits  to 
start  a  lap.  At 
right,  Andrea 
Donnelly  and 
Amanda 
Couture  talk. 

3outure  is  on  the 
team,  but  she 
was  not 
practicing  that 
night.  The 
swimmers  can 
choose  to 
practice  any 
three  of  five 
nights  that  are 
convenient. 


2  Swim 

Teams  prepare  for  first  wave  of  competition 


By  RENE  CHAREST 

Fall  River  Spirit  correspondent 

It’s  balmy,  humid  and  die  smell  of  chlorine 
permeates  the  air  as  the  kids  ages  5  to  18  ready 
themselves  across  the  five  lanes  at  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  as  they  prepare  for  the 
first  of  nine  swim  meets  this  season. 

Monica  Tavares,  26,  is  the  aquatics  director 
and  has  been  involved  with  the  club  since  she 
was  just  15  years  old. 

"I  wasn’t  a  swimmer,"  she  says.  "My  older 
sister  started  coming  here  and  a  couple  of 
friends.  I  tagged  along ...  I  liked  it.” 

Monica  says  that  the  kids  are  really  excited 
for  their  first  meet. 

“We  have  50  kids  this  year,"  she  says.  "Last 
year  we  only  had  35." 

"Take  your  mark ...  go,”  exclaims  Jeff 
McGuinness,  coach  of  the  8-and-under  kids. 

"We  have  a  couple  of  strong  age  groups,"  he 
says.  "The  9-  and  10-year-olds  are  bunched  to¬ 
gether  and  have  a  good  chance  to  do  some¬ 
thing  this  year." 

Jeff,  18,  is  a  student  at  Bristol  Community 
College  and  also  swims  on  a  relay  team  here  at 
the  club.  “It’s  fun ...  I  get  to  help  out  their  time," 
he  says. 

The  kids  are  part  of  the  Rhode  Island  and 
Massachusetts  Swim  League,  and  they  must 
swim  in  at  least  three  regular  meets  to  qualify 
to  compete  in  the  championship.  They  also 
must  sustain  a  "C"  average  or  better  at  school 
in  order  to  swim. 

"We  have  a  lot  of  parent  involvement,"  says 
Pam  Dias,  whose  9-year-old  daughter,  Court¬ 
ney,  is  in  her  second  season. 

"I  never  have  anything  to  do  at  home,” 
Courtney  says. 

Pam  says  that  the  kids  all  come  from  differ¬ 
ent  walks  of  life,  and  that  they  hold  various 
fund-raisers,  carwashes  and  concession 
stands  to  help  everyone  pay  for  their  swimsuits 
and  the  other  required  gear. 

Lisa  Montuori  has  two  daughters,  Nicole 
and  Kristen,  who  have  been  swimming  here 
for  more  than  four  years,  and  she  says  "things 
rue  a  lot  different  here”  compared  to  other 
groups  that  they  have  competed  against. 

"It’s  more  like  their  kids  have  to  win,”  Lisa 
says.  "For  our  kids,  it’s  for  fun.” 

Nicole,  14,  is  a  freshmen  in  high  school  and 
says  that  swimming  here  is  loads  of  fun.  "I  get 
to  be  with  my  friends,"  she  says. 

Her  younger  sister,  Kristen,  9,  says  she  is  a 
little  nervous.  "We  are  practicing  turns,"  she 
says.  "You  have  to  bend  at  your  stomach  and 


AUSTIN  PICARD,  above,  signals  victory. 
Below,  Picard  and  Kyle  Tavares  practice 
with  kickboards. 


flip  and  turn  underwater." 

Lynette  Couture  proudly  shows  off  her 
daughter  Cassandra’s  report  card.  "Cassandra 
has  been  swimming  for  five  years,"  she  says  of 
her  14-year-old. 

Lynette’s  younger  daughter,  Amanda,  has 
been  swimming  for  four  years.  "Amanda  didn't 
want  to  sit  on  the  sidelines  and  watch  any¬ 
more,”  Lynette  says. 

Amanda,  11,  says  swimming  along  side  her 
big  sister  makes  her  “happy,  happy,  happy!" 

Melyssa  Looker  is  getting  ready  to  celebrate 
her  1 1th  birthday  in  a  coupTe  of  days.  "This  is 
my  fourth  year  and  I’m  excited  to  swim  again,” 
Melyssa  says.  "My  mom  said  it  would  be  a 
good  experience." 


Flyers  swim  to  first  win 

n O  r>inK  9&1 0-year-old  division  _  I 1  tu: — I  In  h.nsclctmhp  ISSSII  a 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  in  a  full- 
team  effort,  defeated  the  Newport  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  Swim  Team,  the  Barracudas,  238- 
192  for  their  fust  win. 

The  team  won  seven  of  the  10  age  groups: 
8-and-under  girls.  9-and-10  boys  and  girls, 
11&12  girls,  13&14  boys,  and  15-18  boys  and 

girls'  Meet  Results 

8  &  under  division 
Boys 

Jonathan  Arruda,  second  treestyle  (26.06)  andthW 
backstroke  (33.83);  Kyle  Arsenault  competed  in  freestyle 
(30.52);  Austin  Picard  fourth  In  both  the  treestyle  (33.21) 
and  backstroke  (41 .26). 

Anqela  Beveridge  competed  In  treestyle  (31 .24), 
backstroke  (42.90)  and  breaststroke  (47  70);  Victoria 
Gagne.  Urst  In  treestyle  (22.47)  second  ln  buttarty 
(3143)  and  competed  in  breaststroke  (36_16),  Sara 
placed  lUt  m  both  taMoM  <23  99)  end  bp  ■ 
tartly  (29.03)  and  competed  In  treestyle  (2101). 
Savannah  Pacheco  placed  llrst  In  breaststroke  (34  71 ), 
and  competed  In  freestyle  (26.19)  and  backstroke 

(35  Ata  Scott  competed  In  treestyle  131.91),  beokslroke 
(40,48)  and  breaststroke  (54.55);  Marlssa  Surgens 
placed  second  In  treestyle  (22  65)  and  competed  In  back¬ 
stroke  (31.53);  Kayla  Tonnuccl  placed  second  In  both 
breaststroke  (36.09)  and  backstroke  (24.55)  and  compel- 

9,1  'surgena^Srott61 Pacheco  and  Beverage  placed  sec¬ 
ond  In  the  100-yard  medley  relay  (2:33  59 );  Surgens, 
Tonnuccl,  Gagne  and  Medeiros  placed  llrst  In  the  100 


9&1 0-year-old  division 
Boys 

jarld  Batista  placed  second  In  breaststroke  (1:01.78) 
and  tourth  In  the  100  yard  IM  (2:01.91);  Aaron  Dern 
placed  second  In  both  treestyle  (35.49)  and  backstroke 
(49.63),  Danny  Morris  placed  llrst  In  both  freestyle 
(35.38)  and  backstroke  (45,56);  Jonathan  Santos  placed 
third  In  breaststroke  (1:11.77)  and  competed  In  treestyle 
(52.26). 

Dem,  Batista  and  the  Morris  brothers  placed  llrst  In 
the  200  yard  Ireestyle  relay  (2:39,97)  and  competed  In 
the  100-yard  medley  relay  (1:23,79). 

Girls 

Bethany  Arruda  placed  third  In  the  backstroke 
(54,04);  Cassle  Ben|amln  placed  first  In  both  the  100  yard 
IM  (1  30.68)  and  butterfly  (40.94);  Katelyn  Cappello  com¬ 
peted  in  the  freestyle  (47.93)  and  backstroke  (1:03.21); 
Jen  Collier  competed  In  freestyle  (1:07.10)  and  back- 
stroke  (1:20.13);  Jessica  Cookinham  placed  second  In 
backstroke  (53,29);  Nicole  Cookinham  placed  fourth  In 
freestyle  (48.51);  Courtney  Dias  placed  fourth  In  breast¬ 
stroke  (1:09.50)  and  competed  In  backstroke  (1:02.52); 
Jena  Francis  placed  second  In  the  breaststroke  (57.79); 
Alexandra  Mendonca  placed  second  In  butterfly  (50.72); 
Kristen  Montuori  placed  second  in  treestyle  (40.74), 
Arruda.  Francis,  Benjamin  and  Jess  Cookinham 
placed  llrst  In  the  200-yard  freestyle  relay  (1:34.86)  and 
Cappello,  Montoun,  Mendonca  and  Nicole  Cookinham 
placed  second  (1:39.49), 

Arruda,  Jess  Cookinham,  Dias  and  Mendonca  placed 
first  In  the  200-yard  freeestyle  relay  (3:28.09)  while  Nicole 
Cookinham.  Collier,  Francis  and  Montourl  finished  third 
(3:29.99). 

11-  &  12-year  old  division 
Boys 

Ben  Demeule  placed  llrst  In  both  Ireestyle  (33.65) 
and  backstroke  (40.21)  and  competed  In  breaststroke 


Amy  Astle  placed  third  in  breaststroke  (55.31)  and 
lou«  In  Ireestyle  (39.1  S);  Sara  Connd  was  M  In  Ireesty  a 
(35.97);  Andrea  Donnelly  placed  third  In  backstroke  (55,31) 
and  competed  In  Ireestyle  (44.30);  Kyla  Looker ■placed first 
In  both  the  100-yard  individual  medley  (1:33.35)  and  butler 
fly  (40.93);  Melyssa  Looker  placed  second  in  backstroke 
(41,16);  Amanda  Medeiros  placed  second  In  both  he  100- 
vard  Individual  medley  (1:38.29)  and  breaststroke  (49.03). 

Melyssa  Looker,  Medeiros.  Kyla  Looker  md  Conrad 
tinished  first  In  the  200-yard  medley  relay  (2j46.15 ).  As tie. 
Donnelly,  Conrad  and  Melyssa  Looker  placed  first  In  the 
200-yard  Ireestyle  relay  (2:44.37). 

13-  &  14-year-old  division 
Boys 

Thomas  Landry  placed  llrst  In  both  100  freestyle 
(1,13.41)  and  100  breaststroke  (1  40  04)  and  competed  In 
the  200-yard  Individual  medl^|^g57 ,94^ 

Nicole  Astle  placed  first  in  100  Ireestyle  (1;1549)  and 
second  In  100  breaststroke  (1'3906); 
placed  first  in  100  backstroke  (1:33.96)  and  third  in  100 
freestyle  (1:16.12). 

15-18  year-old  division 
Boys 

Chris  Demeule  competed  In  lhe 
medley  (2.41.78),  100  freestyle  (1:04.32)  and  100  breasfi 
stroke  (1:21.00);  Jed  McGuinness  placed  first  in  100 
Ireestyle  (1:00,86)  and  competed  in  the  breaststroke 
(1  1803);  William  McGuinness  competed  In  the  backstroke 
(1  09,63)  and  butterfly  (1:05.75), 

Demeule,  Undry,  and  the  McGuinness  brothers  rom- 
peted  in  the  200-yard  medley  relay  (2;07.60)  and  the  200- 
yard  freestyle  relay  (1:54,80). 

Girls 

Jackie  Lourenco  placed  first  in  both  100  breaststroke 


AUSTIN 
PICARD,  right, 
signals  victory  as 
he  prepares  for 
the  first  meet  of 
the  season  for 
the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club 
swimming  team. 

Photo  by  MARK 
DAVIDIAN.  Fall  River 
Spirit  Special 

JARRID 
BATISTA,  below, 
of  Sts.  Peter  and 
Paul  moves  in  for 
a  flying  layup  in  a 
CYO  game 
against  Notre 
Dame. 

Photo  by  GERRY 
COWELUFall  River 
Spirit  Special 


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The  Fall  River  Spirit  dedicates  a  page  each  week  to  covering  youth  sports 
in  the  city.  We  are  proud  to  be  able  t  o  provide  readers  with  insight  into 
what  it  is  like  foryoungsters  to  compete  and  succeed  in  the  sports  they 
love  all  season  long.  Week  by  week,  we  have  visited  the  soccer  fields,  swim¬ 
ming  pools,  ice  rinks  and  basketball  courts  upon  which  the  stars  ot  tomor¬ 
row  are  playing  today.  .  ,  . 

Here  is  a  sampling  of  some  of  our  favorite  sports  photos  from  the  last  two 

months  since  we  first  hit  the  newsstands  on  Oc.  30. 


MAIRE  DALEY, 
MINDY  FERREIRA, 
STEVEN  HARTNETT 
AND  CHRISTIAN 
CHAVES,  above, 
battle  for  the  ball 
during  a  Fall  River 
Youth  Soccer  League 
game  at  B.M.C. 
Durfee  High  School. 


SMART  MOVES  program 
duates,  above,  pose  with 
iir  certificates.  In  the  front 
row,  from  left,  are  Devin 
oyd,  Amber  Hollenbach, 
lerissa  Murphy  and  Sam 
irtochi.  Second  row,  from 
aft:  Kaitlyn  Vasconcelos, 
Victoria  Gagne,  Cynthia 
jelo,  Nicole  Cookinham, 
Jessica  Cookinham  and 
andria  Gomes.  Third  row, 
from  left:  Daryn  Hacking, 
Angela  Machado,  Khalil 
id  and  Kevin  Goncalves. 

i/IN  BOYD,  right,  receives 
;  Smart  Moves  graduation 
certificate  from  Emily 
,oza  while  co-coordinator 
Mimi  Larrivee  looks  on. 


Club  members  learn 
to  make  smart  choices 

January  ^,3.004 

Program  helps  kids  stand  up  to  peer  pressure 


boys  &  GiRLS 

OF  FALL  RIV 

SMART  MOVES  PF 

A  POSITIVE  PLACE  F 


y 


At  19,  Emily  Barboza  is  only  a  few 
years  older  than  some  of  the  students 
she  gives  advice  to  in  her  role  as  co¬ 
coordinator  of  the  Smart  Moves  pro¬ 
gram  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River. 

Given  her  years  of  experience  as  a 
member,  volunteer,  and  then  worker 
at  the  club,  however,  the  students 
seem  to  have  a  great  deal  of  respect 
for  their  mentor. 

"The  kids  look  up  to  me,"  she  says, 
as  she  prepares  for  the  sixth  graduation 
ceremony  the  club  has  held  for  stu¬ 
dents  completing  the  Smart  Moves 
program  since  it  began  here  a  year  ago. 

The  goal  of  the  program,  in  practice 
at  Boys  &  Girls  Clubs  nationwide,  is  to 
educate  children  to  make  good,  posi¬ 
tive,  healthy  choices  in  life,  with  an  eye 
toward  warding  off  peer  pressure  and 
staying  away  from  drugs  and  alcohol. 

“I’m  not  really  lecturing  them.  I’m 
just  letting  them  know  how  it  is,”  says 
Barboza,  who,  along  with  co-director 
Mimi  Larrivee,  received  special  train¬ 
ing  before  starting  the  six- week  pro¬ 
gram,  open  to  all  club  members  free 
of  charge. 

As  kids  are  constantly  under  pres¬ 
sure  from  external  influences  practi¬ 
cally  every  day  of  their  young  lives, 
the  sessions  deal  with  staying  focused 
on  making  the  best  choices  for  their 
well-being  regardless  of  what  others, 
including  their  friends,  may  tell  them. 

"Drugs  are  definitely  bad  for  you," 
says  Victoria  Gagne,  as  she  munches 
on  a  square  slice  of  sheet  pizza  after 
the  brief  ceremony.  Victoria,  9,  is  a 
student  at  the  Spencer  Borden  School. 

No  matter  what  peer  pressure  oth¬ 
ers  may  bring  to  bear  against  her, 
Victoria  knows  that  she  has  the 
strength  to  resist  bad  influences. 


“If  you  say ‘no’  again  and  again  and 
again,  they’ll  think  about  it  and  they 
won’t  ask  you  any  more,"  Victoria  says. 

Victoria’s  nanna,  Carolyn  Gagne,  is 
very  pleased  with  what  her  grand¬ 
daughter  has  been  learning  over  the 
last  several  weeks. 

After  just  her  first  session  in  the 
program,  Victoria  went  home  and  told 
her  father  that  he  should  try  harder  to 
quit  smoking,  as  the  habit  was  bad  for 
his  health. 

She  also  gave  other  family  mem¬ 
bers  advice  on  how  they  could  live 
healthier  lives. 

"For  someone  who’s  just  9  years 
old,  we  thought  that  was  just  great," 
Carolyn  Gagne  says. 

As  a  result  of  the  success  of  the  pro¬ 
gram,  Larrivee  says  the  club  is  plan¬ 
ning  Smart  Moves  2. 

"We’re  teaching  them  how  to  resist 
the  pressures  of  everyday  life," 

Larrivee  says,  noting  that  Smart 
Moves  2  will  be  geared  toward  the 
teenage  members  of  the  club. 

Tobacco  giant  Phillip  Morris  funds 
the  overall  effort,  and  has  donated  $2 
million  to  the  Boys  &  Girls  Clubs  of 
America  to  set  up  the  educational 
program. 

Amber  Hollenbach,  15,  a  B.M.C. 
Durfee  High  School  freshman,  feels  the 
program  has  much  to  offer  students  as 
they  stand  up  to  peer  pressure. 

"It’s  wrong  because  if  your  friend  is 
trying  to  get  you  to  do  things  that  are 
bad  for  you,  then  they’re  not  really 
your  friend." 

Forrest  Russell,  15,  says  he  learned 
students  can’t  always  resist  peer  pres¬ 
sure  by  themselves. 

“What  you’ve  got  to  do  is  go  talk  to 
a  responsible  adult  or  someone  you 
trust  to  help  you  out,’’  he  says. 


STORY  AND  PHOTOS  BY  RICK  SNIZEK 


a  m  m  /s  a  weekly  feature  designed  to 

/£LI  [  provide  readers  with  individual 

1  slices  of  Fall  River  life  as  the  scent 

changes  in  a  particular  place  or  area  of  the 
city  throughout  the  course  of  a  day. 

This  week,  we  spend  a  day  at  the  Boys  & 


JOHN  BATES  shares 


MONICA 
TAVARES 
presents  India 
Scott  with  a  crisp 
dollar  bill,  a  long 
tradition  at  the 
club,  to  mark  the 
birthday  of  an 
afterschool 
program  member, 
while  Emily 
Barboza  cheers 
and  Kyla  Looker 
and  Amanda 
Medeiros  look 
on. 


laugh  with  regular  swimmer  Mark  Lavoie. 


Enjoying  the  city’s 
‘best-kept  secret’ 

PREDAWN 


tttuals  rule  the  afternoon 

_  "They’re  good  kids,"  says 


:o  the  students,  the  routine 
iuite  familiar:  Get  off  the 
5  outside  the  front  door, 
lk  inside,  give  your  coats, 
ts  and  gloves  to  the  atten¬ 
ds  at  the  coat-check  win- 
wand  then  proceed  to  the 
feteria  to  await  the  kickoff  ot 
,rand  nqw  afterschool  ses- 
>n.  . 

Because  the  importance  ot 
,  orderly  transition  has  been 
stilled  in  them  since  these 
dldren  and  teens  from 
hools  tlyoughout  Fall  River 
ive  been  coming  here  for 
ime  daily  after-school  super- 
sion  and  fun,  the  200  stu- 
ents  are  able  to  quickly  get 
ach  new  session  under  way. 

"Every  day  is  a  different 
ay,"  says  Monica  Tavares,  the 


also  serves  as  an  afterschool  afternoon 

program  staff  member. 

"It's  fun,"  says  Tavares.  26,  ot 
her  work  in  the  program ,  as 
she  strategically  places  herself 
between  the  main  doorway  to 


between 

greet  the  students  as  they  tile 
off  their  buses  beginning  at  3 
o’clock.  She  has  been  working 
with  children  here  smce  she 
was  15  and  a  club  attendee 
herself.  "I’m  here  six  days  a 
week." 

"I  like  it  when  we  go  to  the 
park  and  play,"  says  Kenneth 
Letourneau,  7,  a  student  at  the 
Laurel  Lake  School,  as  he  waits 
patiently  to  hang  up  his  coat. 

But.  while  playing  active 
sports  such  as  basketball  and 
soccer  is  part  of  the  afterschool 


routine,  the  program  is  more 
than  fun  and  games. 

After  the  children  of  the 

main  program  gather  at  tables 
in  the  cafeteria,  they  wail  for 

their  rallying  call:  "Hands  up. 

This  is  a  universally  recognized 
way  for  all  the  students  to  un¬ 
derstand  it’s  time  to  be  quite 
and  pay  attention.  Snacks  are 
handed  out  —  pieces  of  fresh 
baked  goods  made  on  site  m 
the  kitchen  —  then  the  group 
is  divided  into  smaller  seg¬ 
ments,  each  led  by  a  staff 
member.  For  many,  a  chance 
to  catch  up  on  homework  m 
the  computer  lab  is  in  order. 


"They’re  good  kids,"  says 
Jordan  Gagne,  14.  Gagne,  a 
Durfee  freshman,  now  too  old 
for  die  early  portion  of  the  af¬ 
terschool  program,  volunteers 
some  of  his  time  each  week 
here,  as  do  many  teens  from 
Diman  Regional  and  Bishop 
Connolly  as  well. 

"For  eight  years  of  my  hie 
I've  been  coming  here."  says 
India  Scott,  13,  who  attends 
regularly  with  her  twin  sister, 
Micah.  On  this  day,  the  twins 
are  separately  treated  to  a 
peppy  round  of  “Happy  Birth¬ 
day!"  which  is  customarily 
sung  by  staff  to  those  who  are 
celebrating  birthdays  each  day. 
A  second  part  of  the  tradition 
has  the  staff  presenting  a  dollar 
bill  to  die  birthday  boy  or  girl. 


Even  though  a  nearly  full 
moon  still  hangs  brighdy  over¬ 
head  in  the  early  morning  sky, 

John  Bates  has  been  at  full  at¬ 
tention  at  his  post  for  some  time 
now.  .  ... 

Bates,  79,  the  morning  life¬ 
guard  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  on 
Bedford  Street,  arrived  here,  as 
he  has  for  six  days  each  week  for 
much  of  the  last  15  years,  shortly 
after  leaving  his  home  at  4:30 
a.m.  .  ,  , 

On  most  days,  there  is  already 
a  crowd  of  die-hard  swimmers 
waiting  at  the  door  for  him  to 
watch  over  them  as  diey  take  to 
one  of  the  lanes  of  the  club’s 
enormous  pool. 

"I’ve  been  swimming  daily  tor 
20  years,"  says  Dr.  Ruth  M.  Miller 
as  she  wraps  herself  in  a  towel  at 
die  end  of  her  daily  regimen  of 

100  laps.  ,  „  , 

"I’m  perfecdy  happy  here,  she 
adds.  "It’s  a  gorgeous  pool  and 
the  people  are  kind  and  pleasant 
and  the  facilities  are  superb. 

Miller,  a  Somerset  physician 
with  a  longstanding  general 
medicine  practice,  was  bom  and 
raised  along  the  Mississippi 
River,  and  earned  her  medical 


Taunton  River  easier  than  ever 
before. 

"I'm  a  real  river  swimmer,  says 
Miller,  who  is  also  a  concert  pi¬ 
anist  and  an  Army  veteran  of  die 
Korean  Conflict. 

"It’s  almost  like  a  family,  says 
Bates,  of  the  regulars  who  take  to 
the  pool  each  day.  “You  see  the 
same  faces  all  the  time.” 


Bates  feels  that  swimming  can 
improve  one’s  oudook  on  life  as 
well  as  one’s  health. 

It  certainly  has  worked  won¬ 
ders  for  him. 

"I  used  to  be  a  jogger  all  my 
life,  until  my  knees  finally  gave 
out  on  me,"  he  says. 

So  he  took  up  swimming.  But 
oftentimes,  when  he  would 
come  to  the  pool  here  to  slice 
through  the  water,  he  was  side¬ 
lined.  .  , 

"I  couldn’t  get  in.  I  d  sit  on  the 

stairs  waiting  for  a  lifeguard,  he 

Sa  Fifteen  years  ago,  at  the  age  of 
64,  Bates  asked  if  he  could  serve 
as  lifeguard  if  he  passed  all  re¬ 
quirements.  After  being  given 

the  thumbs  up,  he  and  friend 

Bob  Michaud,  a  friend  and  avid 
swimmer  as  well  as  a  club  custo¬ 
dian,  successfully  completed  the 
course. 

Since  then,  John  bids  Munel, 
his  wife  of  54  years,  farewell  most 

mornings  before  the  sun  rises 

and  heads  off  to  work.  "She’s  ath¬ 
letic,  too,"  he  is  quick  to  add. 

"She's  out  before  daybreak  walk¬ 
ing  two  to  three  miles." 

Even  though  he  has  had  to  re¬ 
place  both  of  his  knees,  which 
took  a  pounding  through  years 
of  jogging,  Bates  wouldn  t  trade 
his  life  for  anyone's.  In  fact,  he 
feels  a  little  like  DeSoto.  in  that 
he  has  found  his  personal  foun¬ 
tain  of  youth  at  the  club. 

“It's  the  best-kept  secret  in  Fall 
River,"  he  says. 


It  night,  another 
ssson  learned 

NIGHT 


It’s  8  p.m..  and  teens  have  the 
n  of  the  gymnasium  and 
meroom  areas  of  the  club, 
rere  they  can  play  ping-pong 
one  of  several  other  games,  or 
nply  sit  quietly  and  watch 
levision.  But  off  in  a  side  com¬ 
ater  room,  a  small  group  is 

orking  to  improve  the  lives  of 
1  members. 

The  Keystone  Club,  the  Fall 
iver  chapter  of  which  was 


ship  program  for  teens. 

"A  lot  of  little  kids  look  up  to 
em.”  staff  member  Emily  Bar- 
iza  says  of  those  in  the  club. 
Among  the  items  on  Presi- 
jnt  Angela  Ramunno’s  agenda 
•night:  striking  a  balance  in 
ieir  local  marketplace.  "This  is 
le  first  year  they’ve  raised  the 
rice  (of  admission  to  dances!  to 
3,  and  it's  hurt  us,"  says  the  17- 
ear-old  from  Westport.  With  the 


Keystone  Club  authorized  to 
work  the  kitchen  at  the  func¬ 
tions,  and  retain  the  profits  to 
fund  club  activities,  there  is  gen¬ 
uine  concern  about  boosting  the 
number  of  students  attending 
dances.  Cutting  a  little  off  the 
admission  price  seems  to  be  a 
viable  solution  to  increasing  tire 
volume  of  foot  traffic. 

"More  people  will  come  and 
the  money  will  build  up,  says 
one  girl  sitting  in  the  small  crowd. 

Main  tenets  of  the  Keystone 
Club  include  promoting  unity, 
good  character,  leadership,  ser¬ 
vice  to  the  club  and  community, 
and  social  recreation  and  free 
enterprise  among  members. 

Tonight,  15  members  are 
planning  strategy  for  an  upcom¬ 
ing  event  they  hope  will  show¬ 
case  their  hard  work  and  dedica 


Some  ‘friendly’  competition 

MORNING 


ANGELA  RAMUNNO  points  out  to  the  members  what  the 
oH  Especially  made  T-shirts  for  the  lock-,n  will  look 
kke  when  t^ey  are  finished.  Adviser  Zi  Somers  serves  as  the 
model  while  fellow  adviser  Jocelyn  Abelha  looks  on. 


tion.  The  club  will  hold  a  lock-in 
during  which  125  members  ol 
other  Keystone  clubs  frorn 
across  southeastern  New  Eng¬ 
land,  including  Nashua,  N.H., 
and  Nantucket,  will  spend  a 
night  at  the  Fall  River  facility 
playing  games,  socializing  and 
having  fun.  ..  . 

"This  is  your  business,  this  is  a 
business  you  have  to  take  seri¬ 
ously,"  club  moderator  Mimi 


Larrivee  reminds  the  group  of 
15.  Larrivee,  an  adult  staff  mem¬ 
ber.  has  been  coming  to  the  club 
since  she  was  10  years  old. 

Angela  suggests  that  Ben  & 
Jerry’s  ice  cream  be  served  to  the 
guests  at  the  lock-in.  Mimi  takes 
a  more  economical  approach. 
"No,  SYSCO  mbs — $10,"  she  ad¬ 
vises,  referring  to  a  less  expensive 
commercial-grade  ice  cream. 

Another  lesson  learned. 


It's  hard  not  to  notice  the 

laughter  wafting  over  the 
fenced-in  upper  viewing  portals 
of  the  court.  While  on  one  side  of 
the  wall  weights  are  hefted,  en¬ 
ergy  is  expended  and  sweat 
flows  freely,  on  the  other  side, 
four  men  chide  each  other  in  a 
"friendly"  game  of  handball. 

"We’re  not  friends  in  here  and 
we’re  not  friends  out  there,"  says 
Andy  Joseph,  without  any  trace 
of  a  smile  that  would  betray  that 
he  is  indeed  joking. 

Joseph,  a  Fall  River  Police 
sergeant,  has  been  coming  to 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  for  some 
34  years,  since  he  was  15  years 
old. 

For  the  past  10  years,  the 

quartet,  who  say  they  didn't 

know  each  other  before  meeting 
up  on  one  of  the  few  handball 
courts  in  the  area,  have  compet¬ 
ed  in  doubles  tournaments  here. 

"It’s  a  very  unpretentious 
game,"  says  Ted  Regan. 

Meanwhile,  on  the  other  side 
of  the  court  wall,  Peter  Nasiff,  a 


retired  teacher  with  34  years  of 
service  in  the  Fall  River  School 
Department,  finishes  his  stretch¬ 
es  and  takes  his  mark  at  one  of 
the  formidable  weight  ma¬ 
chines. 

"I  came  here  when  [the  club) 
was  down  on  Pocasset  Street, 
recalls  Nasiff,  who  retired  in  2002 
as  vice  principal  of  Kuss  Middle 
School,  having  joined  the  staff 
there  as  a  teacher  in  1978. 

Even  though  he  is  retired,  he 
still  keeps  to  the  routine  he  has 
followed  for  the  past  50  years  — 
working  out  each  day  at  the  club. 

"Since  I’ve  retired,  it's  like 
heaven,"  he  notes  of  the  greater 
flexibility  he  now  has  in  schedul¬ 
ing  his  workouts.  "I’m  enjoying 
this,  it’s  a  good  life." 

"There  s  a  lot  of  cama¬ 
raderie  down  here.  You  make  a 
lot  of  friends  very  fast  and  very 
easily." 


STORIES  AND  PHOTOS  BY  RICK  SNIZEK 


~~  _  _  February  $,3.0 

Louis  ‘Zip  Freedman  dies  at  92 

Successful  businessman was  committed,  resperted_phHanthropist  as  well 


FALL  RIVER  —  Local  busi¬ 
ness  executive  and  philan¬ 
thropist  Louis  "Zip"  Freedman 
died  Friday  at  age  92  at  Charlton 
Memorial  Hospital. 

Freedman  was  the  husband 
of  Bebby  (Cohen)  Freedman  and 
lived  at  239  Cross  Rd.,  North 
Dartmouth. 

Born  in  Fall  River,  a  son  of 
the  late  Joseph  and  Sadie 
(Baron)  Freedman,  he  was  a  life¬ 
long  resident  of  Fall  River,  mov¬ 
ing  to  Dartmouth  in  January. 
Freedman  acquired  the  nick 
name  "Zip"  as  a  result  of  his 
athletic  skill.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  BMC  Durfee  High  School, 
class  of  1928.  and  the  former 
Durfee  Textile  School. 
Freedman  played  basketball  for 
Durfee  and  was  the  center  or  the 
All  Bristol  County  Basketball 
Team.  He  played  basketball  in 
the  City  League  of  Fall  River. 


where  he  was  the  leading  scorer 
for  15  years. 

Freedman  began  his  busi¬ 
ness  career  in  the  food  indus¬ 
try,  but  left 


Freedman 


Mr.  Freedman 


was  presi¬ 
dent  of  Somerset  Corp.  until  its 
purchase  by  Transcontinental 
Distributing  Corp.  After  the 
sale,  Freedman  served  as  a 
vice  president  for 
Transcontinental. 

Another  high  point  of 


Freedman’s  business  career 
came  in  1967  when  he  developed 
and  built  the  Holiday  Inn  of 
New  Bedford. 

A  member  of  Temple  Beth  El 
in  Fall  River.  Freedman  was 
also  a  philanthropist,  with  a 
particular  devotion  to  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 
Freedman  was  club  president 
from  1980  to  1987,  and  continued 
his  involvement  until  failing 
health  meant  he  was  unable  to 
attend  recent  meetings. 

"He  was  as  distinguished  a 
gentleman  as  you'd  ever  see," 
said  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Director 
Peter  McCarthy.  "1  don't  care 
who  met  him  on  the  street,  he 
was  just  so  friendly." 

Freedman  was  a  board  mem¬ 
ber  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  lor 
more  than  40  years,  serving  as 
vice  president,  president  and  a 


member  of  the  club's  investment 
committee. 

“It's  sad,  McCarthy  said. 
"We're  going  to  miss  him.  Even 
his  not  attending  the  last  few 
meetings,  I  still  relied  on  him 
for  stuff." 

Among  other  contributions, 
Freedman  was  instrumental  in 
establishing  a  computer  learn¬ 
ing  center  at  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  making  it  the  first  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  in  Massachusetts  to 
have  computers. 

Freedman  was  also  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  board  of  directors  for 
United  Way  of  Fall  River  and 
became  chairman  of  the  board 
in  1977.  He  served  as  the  United 
Way  Campaign  chairman  from 
1984-1985. 

Freedman  was  also  a  founder 
of  the  Food  Pantry  in  Fall  River 
and  was  a  volunteer  and  officer 
of  the  soup  kitchen,  lie  also  ran 


the  Fall  River  office  of  the 
Service  Corps  of  Retired 
Executives  for  17  years,  helping 
small-business  people  get  access 
to  the  knowledge  of  retired  exec¬ 
utives. 

"You  name  it.  he  did  it  in  the 
city,"  McCarthy  said.  "I  don't 
think  he  was  recognized  as 
much  as  he  should  have  been 
because  he  did  things  quietly. 
He  cared  about  the  community." 

Besides  his  wife,  he  is  sur¬ 
vived  by  two  daughters,  Joyce 
Goldweilz  of  Boston  and  Wendy 
Joblon  of  South  Dartmouth:  one 
brother:  David  Freedman  of 
Florida:  and  four  grandchildren. 

He  was  the  brother  of  the  late 
Molly  Hirsch  and  Myler 
Freedman. 

Arrangements  are  by 
Sugarman-Sinai  Memorial 
Chapel.  458  Hope  St.. 
Providence. 


sit  \<M 

Boys  Club  pap^r  football 

FALL  RIVER  —  In  Junior  Division 
Paper  Football  action  at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  It 
was  Jordan  Flores  who  finished  first, 
earning  six  points. 

Deon  Tucker  earned  three  points, 
while  Matthew  Barreira,  John  DePina 
and  Jonathon  Sanchez  had  one  point 
each. 

In  the  Intermediate  Division. 
Clarissa  Colon  and  Dorian  Villegas 
scored  four  points  each. 

Mike  Flynn  earned  three  points  and 
losue  Cruz  had  a  point. 


Boys  Club  basketball 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  will  be  starting  an 
Instructional  Basketball  Program  at 
the  club  Friday  evenings.  The  program 
will  be  for  boys  ages  6-9  and  girls  ages 
6-10,  and  will  begin  tonight. 

Players  can  enroll  in  the  program 
on  any  Friday  night  during  the  month 
of  February. 

This  is  a  beginners  program,  where 
basic  basketball  skills  will  be  stressed 
in  a  fun  and  non  competitive  way. 
There  is  no  fee  to  participate,  however, 
everyone  must  become  members  of  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club.  Membership  is  $5 
per  year. 

For  more  information,  contact 
Kevin  Vorro  at  508-672-6340.  ^  L  I ^ 

Girls'  basketball  leagu'e 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys 
and  Girls  Club,  a  United  Way  agency, 
will  be  beginning  its  girls’  basketball 
league  for  ages  10-15. 

All  interested  players  must  sign  up 
in  order  to  be  assured  a  roster  spot.  All 
games  will  be  played  Thursday 
evenings.  For  more  information,  con¬ 
tact  Kevin  Vorro  at  508-672-6340. 


Louis 

Freedman 

Member  of 
Temple  Beth  El 

DARTMOUTH  -  Louis  "Zip" 
Freedman,  92,  of  Dartmouth, 
died  Friday,  February  6,  2004,  at 
Charlton  Memorial  Hospital,  Fall 
River.  He  was  the  husband  of 
Bebby  (Cohen)  Freedman  and 
son  of  the  late  Joseph  and  Sadie 
(Baron)  Freedman. 

Bom  in  Fall  River,  he  was  a 
lifelong  resident  of  the  city  until 
moving  to  Dartmouth  in  January. 

Mr.  Freedman  was  a  1928 
graduate  of  BMC  Durfee  High 
School  and  Durfee  Textile 
School.  While  in  high  school,  he 
received  his  nickname  "Zip"  and 
played  basketball. 

He  was  the  center  on  the  All 
Bristol  County  Basketball  Team 
and  continued  playing  basketball 
in  the  City  League  of  Fall  River 
where  he  was  a  leading  scorer  for 
1 5  years. 

He  began  his  career  in  the  food 
industry  and  in  the  1960s  with  his 
two  brothers  founded  the  Some¬ 
rset  Corp.,  a  national  record  dis¬ 
tribution  company,  where  he 
served  as  president.  The  Com¬ 
pany  was  later  purchased  by 
Transcontinental  Distributing 
Corporation,  where  he  served  as 
senior  vice  president  until  his 
retirement 

In  1967,  he  developed  and 
built  the  Holiday  Inn  of  New 
Bedford. 

He  was  a  member  of  Temple 
Beth  El  in  Fall  River. 

For  more  than  40  years  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Clubs 
of  Fall  River;  he  also  served  as 
president.  He  was  instrumental  in 
establishing  a  computer  learning 
center  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
with  a  donation  from  the 
Donaldson  Foundation  to  start 
the  center.  They  were  the  first 
Boys  and  Girls  Clubs  in  Mas¬ 
sachusetts  to  have  computers. 

He  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  for  the  United 
Way  of  Fall  River,  becoming 
chairman  in  1977  and  serving  as 
campaign  chairman  from  1984  to 
1985. 

He  was  a  founder  of  the  Food 
Pantry  in  Fall  River  and  was  a 
volunteer  and  officer  of  the  soup 
kitchen.  He  ran  the  Fall  River  of¬ 
fice  of  the  Service  Corps  of 
Retirees  for  1 7  years  after  his 
retirement.  SCORE  is  run  by  the 
Small  Business  Administration 
and  was  established  so  that 
retired  business  executives  could 
assist  new  and  existing  small 
businesses. 

Survivors  include  his  widow; 
two  daughters,  Joyce  Goldweitz 
and  her  husband,  Mark,  of  Boston 
and  Wendy  Joblon  and  her  hus¬ 
band,  Kenneth,  of  Dartmouth;  a 
brother,  David  Freedman  of 
Florida  and  four  grandchildren, 
Daniel  and  Matthew,  both  of  Los 
Angeles,  Jennifer  of  Boston  and 
Andrew  of  Dartmouth. 

He  was  the  brother  of  the  late 
Molly  Hirsh  and  Myler  Freed¬ 
man.  , 

Arrangements  were  by  Sugar¬ 
man-Sinai  Memorial  Chapel,  458 
Hope  Street,  Providence,  RI. 

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Herald  News  Photos  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 

Dean  Diogo,  pictured  during  an  interview  at  a  cousin's  house  on  Ray  Street  in  Fall  River,  is  working  hard  in  Los 
Angeles  to  get  his  “big  break"  in  Hollywood.  His  latest  project  may  be  it:  “Hollywood  X”  (at  right),  a  television 
show  being  marketed  in  Portugal.  There  are  hopes  it  will  be  picked  up  for  broadcast  in  the  United  States. 


T 

marks 
his  spot 


Dean  Diogo  working  on  his  shot  at  stardom 


By  PAULA  KERR 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

Ask  Dean  Diogo  how  he  made  it  to 
Hollywood  and  into  television  and  he'll 
tell  you  a  twisty  tale  of  a  15-foot  U-Haul, 
a  yellow  Chevy  convertible  and  the  Fall 
River  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

The  leased  truck  got  him  from 
Huntington  Beach.  Calif.,  to  San  Diego, 
Calif.;  the  car  got  him  from  San  Diego  to 
Los  Angeles  and  the  club  got  him  in 
shape. 

That  the  Bedford  Street  athletic  facili¬ 
ty  even  factors  into  Diogo's  quest  for 
stardom  is  surprising,  because  it’s  not 


known  as  a  training  ground  for  aspiring 
thespians. 

But  it's  where  he  got  his  act  together 
after  an  initial  stint  in  L.A.  left  him  out 
of  sorts  and  before  returning  to  the  West 
Coast  to  film  the  pilot  for  a  police  drama. 
It’s  called  "Hollywood  X"  and  is  being 
marketed  in  Portugal. 

“It's  the  old  Fall  River  connection,” 
chuckles  Diogo,  30.  “I  moved  back 
because  the  love  and  support  were 
here.” 

The  love  came  from  parents  Jose 
Arruda  Diogo  and  Valentina  Costa 
Diogo,  natives  of  the  Azores  who  live  in 
Fall  River;  the  support  came  from  hand¬ 


ball  friends  at  the  club  who  urged  anoth¬ 
er  shot  at  Hollywood. 

Still,  he  says,  “There  were  a  lot  of 
fears,  because  my  family  is  not  used  to 
this  sort  of  thing.” 

While  they  always  bent  over  back¬ 
ward  to  help  him  and  brother  Jeff  real¬ 
ize  the  American  dream  locally, 
Hollywood  appeared  beyond 
their  power. 

But  as  it  turns  out,  their 
Azorean  heritage  stood  him 
in  good  stead  with  televi¬ 
sion  types  abroad  interested 
in  how  actors  of  Portuguese 
extraction  fare  in  this  coun¬ 


try  in  general  and  in  "Hollywood  X”  in 
particular 

In  addition  to  Diogo.  the  police  drama 
features  Tony  Lima,  a  Lisbon  native 
who  has  appeared  in  several  movies,  and 
Tyler  Bowe,  a  well  established  actor.  He 
was  born  Tyler  Botelho  in  the  Azores, 
but  was  raised  in  Fall  River. 

The  television  pilot, 
being  shopped  around 
Portugal  by  Lima,  was 
written,  directed  and  pro¬ 
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OUR TOWN 


h-ebfoWy  — 

Powwow: 

Funds 
raised  for 
teen  club 

From  Page  A1 

"This  is  a  fund-raising  event, 
but  more  importantly,  it  brings 
attention  to  all  the  different 
aspects  this  club  can  and  will 
offer,”  McCarthy  said.  "In  our 
112-year  history,  this  is  only  the 
second  year  we've  had  a 
powwow,  and  I  think  it's  great.  It 
really  brings  a  sense  of  heritage 
to  our  club  and  shows  that  this  is 
not  your  average  swim  and  gym." 

The  second  annual  powwow 
may  have  raised  about  §2.000  for 
the  expansion  project  Sunday. 

Gregg  M.  Miliote  may  be  reached 
at  gmiliotdwheraldnews.com. 

Kta’n  Weeden.  1 ,  bangs  a  ceremo¬ 
nial  drum  while  Manuel  Roderick, 
a  Mashpee  Wampanoag,  covers 
his  ears  Sunday. 

Herald  News  Photo  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 


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Powwow 

By 6REGG  M.  MILIOTE 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Pocasset 
Indians  honored  the  children  of  Fall 
River  by  introducing  their  culture 
and  by  donating  all  proceeds  from 
Sunday’s  powwow  to  the  Thomas 


benefits  local  kids 


Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
for  its  ongoing  expansion  project. 

More  than  100  area  children 
attended  the  Pocassets’  Honor  the 
Children  Powwow,  featuring  local 
American  Indian  dancers  and 
drummers. 

The  event  featured  American 
Indian  art  and  jewelry  vendors,  flute 
players,  crafts,  storytellers  and 
native  dancing. 

“Today  is  all  about  the  children 
and  setting  up  the  next  generation  of 
Native  American  children,”  said 
tribal  historian  and  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  Day  Care  Director  Ellie  "Spirit 
Hawk"  Page.  "We  do  this  to  promote 
our  culture  to  the  kids  of  the  Greater 
Fall  River  area." 

Proceeds  from  the  small  admis¬ 
sion  fee  went  to  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  expansion  project. 

The  club  Executive  Director 


Peter  McCarthy  said  the  Bedford 
Street  club  is  halfway  toward  its 
goal  of  §2.5  million. 

The  18,000-square-foot  planned 
addition  to  the  club  will  become  the 
city’s  first  teen  center. 

“There's  nothing  in  Fall  River  for 
our  older  kids  six  days  a  week,” 
McCarthy  said.  “This  expansion 
project  is  vital  to  the  community, 
and  we  have  to  do  this  now.  Our 
main  goal  is  always  the  children." 

The  new  teen  center  will  also 
house  a  large  learning  center  and 
library  for  the  club's  tutoring  pro¬ 
grams. 

McCarthy  also  made  a  point  of 
thanking  the  Pocassets  for  their 
help  with  the  expansion  project  and 
for  providing  another  cultural  outlet 
for  the  city’s  youth. 

^  Turn  to  POWWOW,  Page  A5 


ft  Jean  Sweet  Grass  and  her  sister,  Mary  Williams,  both  Cherokees  of 
=)’iver,  don  their  tribal  regalia  at  the  Honor  the  Children  Powwow  at  the 
nas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River.  At  right,  Hariy 
>r,  aka  Running  Elk.  a  Wampanoag  Indian,  holds  a  picture  of  his  grand- 
ier  Princess  Morning  Star  taken  around  1920. 


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24/7 


is  a  weekly  feature  designed 
to  provide  a  slice  of  Fall  River  life  over  the 
course  of  a  day.  This  week  we  spend  a  da > 
at  the  ‘Honoring  the  Children  Powwow’ 
held  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Sunday. 


ELEANOR 

"SPIRIT 

HAWK" 

PAGE,  above, 
greets  Wayne 
Johnson,  five 
months,  in  his 
carriage  at  the 
entrance  to  the 
powwow. 

TRACY 
DRAGHI,  far 

left,  “Spirit 
Dancer,"  per¬ 
forms  a  Fancy 
Shawl  Dance  to 
the  beat  of  the 
Wolf  Tail  drum¬ 
mers. 

KTA'N 

WEEDEN, 

16  months, 
left,  a  Mash- 
pee  Anawan, 
heads  out  to 
the  dance  floor 
as  he  father, 
Annawon 
Weeden  plays 
the  Eastern  Sun 
drum. 


Honoring  the  children 
through  a  native  powwow 

Families  come  together  to  learn  about  another  culture 


The  children  milled 
about,  some  having  their 
faces  painted,  others 
munching  on  cheeseburg¬ 
ers,  all  at  some  time  dancing 
to  the  beat  of  native  drums 
inside  the  sacred  circle  cre¬ 
ated  in  the  gymnasium  of 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

The  day  was  theirs,  the 
second  such  special  pow¬ 
wow  held  in  as  many  years 
designed  to  bring  children 
and  families  together  to 
learn  more  about  the  culture 
of  the  Native  Americans  who 
first  inhabited  these  lands. 

Secondarily,  the  event 
was  a  fund-raiser  to  support 
the  anticipated  construction 
of  a  new  wing  for  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club,  which  plans  to 
use  the  much-needed  space 
for  educational  programs 
and  community  space. 

“I  think  more  people 
should  come,"  says  Nathan 
Aguiar,  12,  a  member  of 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  as  he 
exits  the  sacred  circle  inside 
which  he  and  many  other 
children  participated  in  a 
“Duck  Dance."  "It's  a  very 
fun  thing  to  do.  Anybody  can 
get  into  it,  even  if  you’re  not 
a  real  Indian." 

The  dance  is  a  traditional 
ritual  in  which  tribal  mem¬ 
bers  lead  children  around 


L  i  X 4  is  very 

I  important 
A.  for  our 
children  to  remem¬ 
ber  the  past,”  he 
adds.  “By  honoring 
children,  we  are 
showing  them  our 
past.” 

WORKING  BEAVER 

the  circle,  stopping  to  catch 
them  between  embraced 
arms  whenever  the  music 
that  is  playing  stops. 

“I  love  the  duck  dance,” 
says  Amanda  Champagne, 

7.  "you  can  get  caught. 
Amanda  also  enjoyed  the 
Smoke  Dance  and  other 
dances  set  up  especially  for 
the  children's  enjoyment. 
Amanda  is  part  Native  Amer¬ 
ican  herself,  and  can  boast 
of  having  a  bloodline  that 
includes  Iroquois,  Cherokee 
and  Creek  ancestry. 

"I  think  this  is  really  cool," 
says  Tiffany  Lopez,  16,  of  her 


experiences  at  the  event.  Tif¬ 
fany  and  her  friends  danced 
together  and  stopped  by 
the  many  stations  set  up  by 
members  of  different  tribes 
from  throughout  the  region, 
from  Connecticut  to  Cape 
Cod,  to  sell  native  goods  and 
handicrafts. 

"The  Pocassets  were  the 
first  to  meet  the  Pilgrims 
back  in  1636,”  says  Working 
Beaver,  the  master  of  cer¬ 
emonies  for  the  traditional 
gathering  of  native  peoples, 
highlighted  by  drum  beat¬ 
ing,  chanting,  dancing  and 
storytelling. 

"It  is  very  important  for 
our  children  to  remem¬ 
ber  the  past,”  he  adds.  “By 
honoring  children,  we  are 
showing  them  our  past.” 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  execu¬ 
tive  director  Peter  McCarthy 
says  the  event  presented  a 
good  way  for  students  who 
may  not  be  aware  of  the  his¬ 
tory  of  our  country  to  learn 
about  the  native  peoples 
who  lived  off  the  land  here 
before  settlers  came. 

"We  need  to  be  aware  of 
the  right  way  to  approach 
different  cultures,”  McCarthy 
says,  noting  that  the  family 
friendly  event  was  designed 
to  expose  everyone  to  the 
ancient  practices  that  have 


STORY  AND  PHOTOS 
BY  RICK  SNIZEK 

been  carried  through  to  this 
day. 

"We  are  the  Fall  River  In¬ 
dians,”  says  Eleanor  "Spirit 
Hawk”  Page,  historian  for 
the  Pocasset  Wampanoag 
Tribe.  “We  are  tribal  de¬ 
scendants  from  the  original 
Pocasset  tribe.  Their  home¬ 
land  was  Fall  River  and  the 
surrounding  areas.” 

"We're  trying  to  spread 
our  culture  to  all  people," 
she  adds,  "and  show  them 
that  Fall  River  natives  are 
still  here." 


“WORKING  BEA¬ 
VER,”  above  right, 
guides  Corey  Alba- 
nese,  Stephen  Cor- 
deiro,  Sean  Sanders 
and  Richard  Leite  as 
they  join  many  other 
children  in  a  circle 
dance. 

CINDI  WASHING¬ 
TON,  left,  helps  tie  a 
shell  necklace  around 
the  neck  of  neighbor 
Moizelle  Searle,  3, 
after  the  two  worked 
to'gether  to  create  it. 


feVuoxii 

*  ~'OM 


Fall  River  Flyers^® 
swim  to  second  win 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  and  Girls 
I  Club  swim  team.  Fall  River  Flyers, 
defeated  the  Newport  Blues  242-223  for 
their  second  win  as  a  team. 

The  team  won  six  of  the  10  age 
groups;  8-and-under  girls,  9-10  boys  and 
girls,  11-12  girls  and  15-18  boys  and  girls. 

8-and-under 

For  the  boys,  Jonathan  Arruda  placed  second 
in  both  the  Ireestyle  (22.14)  and  the  backstroke 
(2850).  He  also  swam  butterfly  (34.41). 

Kyle  Arsenault  swam  Ireestyle  (25.11). 

For  the  girls,  Angela  Benavides  swam  freestyle 
I  (30.88),  backstroke  (39.64)  and  breaststroke 
1  (48.66). 

Victoria  Gagne  placed  flrst  in  the  butterfly 
j  (28.25)  and  fourth  in  freestyle  (22.90)  and  swam 
backstroke  (30.42). 

Sara  Medeiros  placed  first  in  backstroke 
I  (24  30)  and  third  in  butterfly  (30.39)  and  swam 
freestyle  (20.36). 

Savannah  Pacheco  placed  third  In  breast¬ 
stroke  (33,13).  She  also  swam  backstroke  (31.10) 
and  butterfly  (41.12), 

Marissa  Surgens  placed  third  In  Ireestyle 
!  (21 .98)  and  swam  backstroke  (26.23). 

!  Kayla  Tonnucd  placed  third  in  the  backstroke 
I  (27  02)  and  fourth  In  the  breaststroke  (33  66). 
i  Surgens,  Tonnuccl,  Gagne  and  Medeiros 
placed  first  In  the  1 00  yard  Ireestyle  relay  (1:32.19). 

9-  10-year-old  division 

Jarid  Batista  place  third  In  the  butterfly 
(1 '09.64)  for  the  boys,  while  Aaron  Dem  won  the 
freestyle  (35  82)  and  third  In  the  backstroke 

<45  Jack  Grace  placed  second  In  the  breaststroke 
(57.86)  and  fourth  In  the  100  yard  IM  (1:49.03). 

Danny  Morris  won  the  butterfly  (46.79)  and 
third  In  the  100  yard  IM  (1:41.64)  and  swam 
freestyle  (35.08). 

Jesse  Moms  placed  second  in  both  Ireestyle 
(37.38)  and  backstroke  (43.07)  and  swam  breast¬ 
stroke  (55,96), 

Jonathan  Santos  placed  third  in  the  breast¬ 
stroke  (1 : 08.65)  and  swam  freestyle  (49.74). 

Dem,  Batista  and  the  Moms  brothers  then 
combined  lor  a  win  In  the  200  yard  freestyle  relay 
(2:33.79)  and  a  strong  finish  In  the  100  yard  med¬ 
ley  relay  (1:21.32), 

In  the  girls'  meet,  Beth  Arruda  placed  second  In 
the  Ireestyle  (45.76), 

Cassie  Benjamin  placed  first  In  both  the  100 
yard  IM  (1:28.26)  and  the  butterfly  (42.39). 

Katelyn  Cappello  placed  first  in  the  freestyle 
(44.78)  and  swam  backstroke  (57.23). 

Jen  Collier  swam  freestyle  (57.33)  and  back¬ 
stroke  (1:03.19). 

Jessica  Cookinham  placed  second  in  the  back¬ 
stroke  (56,26)  and  swam  Ireestyle  (49.55). 

Nicole  Cookinham  swam  freestyle  (51.18)  and 
|  backstroke  (58.74). 

Courtney  Dias  placed  fourth  In  the  breaststroke 


(1:13.89). 

Alexandra  Mendonca  placed  third  In  the  butter¬ 
fly  (50  66). 

Kristen  Montuori  placed  third  In  the  breast¬ 
stroke  (57.63). 

Jess  and  Nicole  Cookinham,  Montuori  and 
Benjamin  placed  first  in  the  100  yard  medley  relay 
(1.28.32)  and  Cappello,  Dias,  Mendonca  and 
Collier  placed  third  (1 :43.95). 

Mendonca,  Collier,  Nicole  Cookinham  and 
Montuori  placed  first  in  the  200  yard  Ireestyle  relay 
(3:19.50),  while  Arruda,  Dias,  Jess  Cookinham  and 
Cappello  placed  second  (3:20.18), 

11-  12-year-old  division 

For  the  boys,  Thomas  Gonsalves  won  the  100 
IM  (1  24.08)  and  the  butterfly  (36.77)  and  swam 
Ireestyle  (32.29), 

In  the  girls’  meet,  Sara  Conrad  placed  first  In 
the  Ireestyle  (35.98). 

Amnada  Couture  placed  first  In  the  breast¬ 
stroke  (47.21). 

Andrea  Donnelly  placed  third  In  Ireestyle 
(45,54)  and  swam  backstroke  (54.71). 

Rachel  Ferrreira  swam  Ireestyle  (50.27)  and 
backstroke  (1:11.88) 

Jasmin  Grace  placed  third  In  the  breaststroke 
(1:00.43). 

Kyla  Looker  placed  first  In  the  butterfly  (41 .25) 
and  second  in  the  100  IM  (1 :32.20). 

Melyssa  Looker  placed  second  In  the  back- 
stroke  (41.45). 

Amanda  Medeiros  placed  third  In  the  100  IM 
(1;35.75). 

The  Lookers,  Couture  and  Conrad  placed  first 
In  the  100  medley  relay  (2:47.98),  while  Amy  Astle, 
Grace,  Medeiros  and  Donnelly  placed  third 
(3:14.08). 

M.Looker,  Medeiros,  Couture  and  Conrad 
placed  first  in  the  200  freestyle  relay  (2:30.79), 
while  Grace,  Ferreira,  Donnelly  and  Astle  placed 
second  (3.04.41), 

13-  14-year-old  division 

In  the  boys'  division,  Thomas  Landry  placed 
second  in  both  Ihe  freestyle  (1.09.45)  and  the 
breaststroke  (1:34  25)  and  swam  the  200  IM 
(2:57.50). 

For  Ihe  girls'  Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  In 
freestyle  (1:13.48)  and  second  in  breaststroke 
(1  36  60)  and  swam  backstroke  (1:24.61). 

Nicole  Montuon  placed  first  in  backstroke 
(1:30.57)  and  second  In  the  Ireestyle  (1:17.22). 

15-  18-year-old  division 

In  the  boys'  division,  Chris  Demule  swam  the 
Ireestyle  (1:0084),  the  breaststroke  (1:19,22),  the 
backstroke  (1 22.30)  and  the  butterfly  (1  23.20). 

Jeff  McGuinness  won  the  Ireestyle  (59.28)  and 
the  breaststroke  (1 :07.49), 

Will  McGuinness  swam  the  200  IM  (2:28.80). 

DeMule.  Landry  and  the  McGuinness  brothers 
swim  the  200  medley  relay  (2:06.88) 

Jackie  Lourenco  -was  the  lone  winner  lor  the 
flyers  in  Ihe  gills'  meet,  winning  both  the  breast¬ 
stroke  (1 : 36.17)  and  the  Ireestyle  (1 ,35.83). 


~  -  February  .  ■  _ __ 

Flyer  swimmers  slime  in  loss 

^  .  - R^niamin  and  N.Cooklnham  placed  second 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  swim  team,  the 
Fall  River  Flyers,  competed  this  past  weekend  against  the 
Newport  Blues.  The  Flyers  performed  well  with  several 
swimmers  enjoying  new  personal  bests  and  setting  club 
records  despite  losing  231-255.  The  team  won  two  age 
groups:  9  &  10  girls  and  15-18  boys. 

8  a  Under  division 
Boys 

Jonathan  Arruda  placed  second  in  both  Ireestyle  (22.53)  and  back- 
stroke  (2877)  and  participated  in  the  buttedly  (36  37).  Kyle  Arsenault  par¬ 
ticipated  in  freestyle  (26.19)  and  backstroke  (38.23),  Austin  Picard  placed 
fourth  in  both  Ireestyle  (26  93)  and  backstroke  (35.24) 

Girls 

Anqela  Beverage  placed  third  In  breaststroke  (4776),  fourth  in  back- 
stroke  (43.40)  and  participated  in  Ireestyle  (34.95).  Victoria  Gagne  placed 
second  In  butterfly  (27  IS)  and  competed  in  breaststroke  (35  80),  Sara 
Medeiros  placed  second  In  both  Ireestyle  (20  50)  and  backstroke  (222/), 

Marissa  Surgens  placed  first  in  Ireestyle  (19  73)  and  competed  in  back¬ 
stroke  (25.68).  Aja  Scott  placed  fourth  in  butterfly  (4975)  and  participat¬ 
ed  In  freestyle  (29  36)  .  ,m  . 

Surgens.  Scott,  Gagne  and  Beverage  placed  first  in  the  100-yard  med¬ 
ley  relay  (2  16.80);  Surgens.  Scott,  Gagne  and  Medeiros  placed  second 
in  the  100-yard  freestyle  relay  (1  36.71). 


9ft  10-year-old  division 


Aaron  Dem  placed  second  and  set  a  dub  record  In  the  50-yard 
freestyle  with  a  time  of  33  88  He  also  placed  third  In  the  backstroke 
(44.29)1  Jack  Grace  placed  first  in  the  breaststroke  (56.99)  ®ndhs0“"° 
the  100-yard  individual  medley  (i  46.41)  and  competed  in  backstroke 
(48.37),  Danny  Morris  placed  second  in  butterfly  (49  08)  and  c°r"P®,ed 
freestyle  (3578);  Jesse  Morris  placed  second  in  backstroke  (44.13)  and 
third  In  freestyle  (34.92).  _ .  ...  0fWV 

The  Moms  brothers,  Grace  and  Dem  also  set  a  club  record  In  the  200- 
yard  Ireestyle  relay  with  a  time  of  2:28.56. 

Bethany  Arruda  placed  second  in  backstroke  (5414)  and  'bird  In 
freestyle  (45.70);  Cassia  Beniamin  set  a  club  record  and Ip  aced firs  n ' the 
100-yard  individual  medley  (1.28  19)  She  also  placed  first  in  butterfly 
(43.02)  and  participated  in  backstroke  (4275);  Katelyn  Cappello  placed 
second  in  freestyle  (45.70)  and  competed  in  backstroke  (57.13).  Jen 
Collier  competed  in  freestyle  (1:00  89)  and  backstroke 
Cookinham  placed  fourth  in  backstroke  (l  Q3-70)  and  participated  In 
freestyle  (47.79);  Nicole  Cookinham  competed  In  freestyle  (5272)  ana 
backstroke  (1:06.14).  Courtney  Dias  placed  ’furtb  in  breaststroke 
(1  09.43);  Alexandra  Mendonca  placed  second  in  butterfly  (50.27), 
Kristen  Montuon  placed  first  in  breaststroke  (58.27). 


In  the'i^yart^edley'ralay 

Collier.  N.  Cookinham  and  Montuon  placed  second  (3.20.0  ). 

11  ft  12-v ear-old  division 

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(1  22  28)  and  competed  in  freestyle  (3085). 

Amy  A®  Placed  MM  Sw  *K2 

Andrea  Donnelly  competed  '.n '^®s'y741'10?a'nd  breaststroke  (1:00.12  ; 
Jasmld Grace participated In i»«ft £ *™ S,Tr,ht  ,00-yard 

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second  In  the  200-yard  freestyle  relay  (2.38.87) 

i?  fr  l4-y?nr-°ld  division 
In  this  division  the  swimmers  events  are  100  yards. 

(1:32.61).  Qlrls 

Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  In  both  butterfly  (J-2_4.8_9)j_nd  th*200-  | 


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jart'iSyidV.IMadlay (2:51 ^ 

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firstln  backstroke  (1:26.14)  and  second  In  Ireestyle  (1.1578). 

^.(ft.year-old  division 

In  this  division,  the  swimmers'  events  are  100  yards. 

*»■>  "03'661  ana 

competed  in  freestyle  (55.18) 

The  Flyers  will  host  the  YMCA  Saturday  at  10  a.m.  | 


Computer  help  available 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  on  Bedford  Street,  is  sponsoring  a 
four-week  workshop  on  computers  from  6 
to  8:30  p.m.  Mondays  beginning  Nov.  3. 

This  short  but  intense  course  introduces 
adults  with  little  or  no  computer  skills  a 
simple  but  Quick  way  .to  access  a  computer. 

The  charge  for  the  course  is  $35.  For  more 
Information  or  to  register,  call  Theresa,  vol¬ 
unteer  coordinator,  at  50&577-9686. 


Learn  floral  design 
beginning  March  15 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River  is  offering  an 
eight-week  beginner's  flower 
design  class  from  6  to  8  p.m, 
beginning  Monday,  March  15. 

Veronica  Ferreira,  a  certified 
floral  designer,  will  teach  the 
class,  which  will  cover  all 
aspects  of  floral  designing.  The 
cost  of  the  class  is  $60  and  is  for 
adults  only. 

For  more  information,  call 
the  club  at  508-672-6340. 

March  (I,  ZOOM 


Westport 
names  of 


High  releases  «• 2004 
honor  roll  students 


WESTPORT  —  Westport 
High  School  recently  announced 
that  the  following  students  were 
named  to  the  honor  roll  for  the 
first  semester: 

Freshmen 

Brandon  N.  Cardoza.  Kayla  M. 
Correia,  Kerne  L  DaSilva.  Alicia  M. 
Gagnon.  Bridgit  R.  Lyons.  Brittni  R. 
Alahmar,  Ariane  A  Baroody. 
Amanda  J.  Bernier,  Nolan  W  Blier, 
Trevor  D.  Blier,  Ashley  V.  Borges. 
Luke  J.  Carreiro,  Bianca  E.  Cusick, 
Joshua  D.  Duclos.  Jennifer  E 
Farias,  Ashley  E.  Ford,  Danielle  K. 
Hernandez,  Brittney  L  Kinnas, 
Andrew  J  Lariviere.  Natasha  L. 
LePage,  Heather  M.  Leach,  Lindsy 
N.  Manchester,  Daniel  J.  Noonan, 
Jesyka  K.  Phipps.  Holly  L  Rebello. 
Jessica  M.  Rego.  Michael  A 
Semenec,  Samuel  E.  Teixeira. 
Daniel  E.  Toohey.  Antonio  S. 
Vasquez,  Amber  L.  Amaral,  Jessica 
L.  Anctil,  Alysha  C.  Blouin,  Bianca 
L.  Cardoza,  Joseph  J.  Charron, 
Naomi  G  Clay.  Brittney  R.  Corvelo, 
Christopher  J  Costa,  Brandon  C. 
Cox.  Aaron  J.  DeMello.  Bethany 
DeVeau,  Isaiah  E.  Gonsalves. 
Stephanie  L.  Jasinski,  Joshua  L. 
Lopes,  Krystal  L  McConnell. 
Jessica  K.  McKee,  Krystel  M 
Moniz,  Jessica  R  Moss,  Vanessa 
M.  Pacheco,  Joseph  D.  Pelletier. 
Jared  D  Silvia,  Sarah  A  Simonin. 
Corey  D.  Sunderland,  Jared  R 
Vandenburgh. 

Sophomores 

Amanda  L  Alexandre,  Brian  S. 


Bates.  Rachel  M  Clay,  Jeftrey  D 
Fernandes,  Richard  G.  Monast, 
Francesca  N.  Africano.  Kathleen  M. 
Amaral,  Jessica  N,  Amorin,  Scott  N. 
Borges,  Teresa  M.  Borges,  Luis  A. 
Cipriano,  Courtney  E.  Co'velo, 
Stephanie  A.  DeSousa.  Danielle  M. 
Dore,  Jonathan  M.  Farias,  Justin  O. 
Friel-Carleton,  Jonathan  M.  Green, 
Lauren  O.  Huggon.  Andrew  N. 
Isidoro,  Jessica  L.  Medeiros, 
Branden  N.  Pacheco.  Krishna  A. 
Patel,  Kyle  A  Reis.  George  E 
Smith,  Megan  J.  Sykes.  Meagan  M. 
Teixeira,  Alex  K.  Thibault,  Elizabeth 
H  Wood,  Katelyn  A.  Albanese, 
Manssa  L.  Bedard.  Junior  Boucher. 
Reid  J.  Bums,  Jocelyn  N.  Gagnon, 
Sarah  R.  Knarr,  Jennifer  A.  Martins, 
Kyle  A.  Oliveira,  Shannon  L, 
Resendes.  Sarah  R.  St.  Martin, 
Ashley  R.  Toomey.  Luke  T.  Zembo. 
Juniors 

Mary  E.  Pelletier.  Brandon  S. 
Aguiar,  Patrick  G.  Brown,  Marlena 
N.  DeSousa,  Stephanie  A,  Durette, 
Matthew  R.  Lariviere,  Derek  P. 
Laurendeau,  Natasha  N.  Machado, 
Bryan  J  Mailloux.  Kenneth  J. 
Medeiros.  Elizabeth  M  Motta, 
Mallory  G.  Nichols,  Kyle  J.  Raposo, 
Elizabeth  C.  Smith,  Renee  M. 
Smith,  Laurel  J.  Sogn,  Marissa  J 
Spooner,  Krista  L.  Sylvain, 
Christopher  R  Arsenault,  Kristy  L 
Cabral,  Nathan  C.  Couto,  Colleen 
N  DaLuz,  Philip  P  Devitt,  Jillian  B. 
Duclos.  Desiree  L.  Fontaine,  Kyla  R. 
Hernandez,  Damien  P.  Neto.  Randy 
M  Oliver.  Melissa  A.  Perreira, 
Jeffrey  J.  Poliquin,  Rebecca  L. 


Roberts,  Ashley  N.  Souza,  Blake  M. 
Tripp. 

Seniors 

Stacey  M.  Demelo.  Kristin  A. 
Glzzi,  Shannon  E.  Gross,  Allison  N. 
Sousa,  Kristen  J.  Sunderland, 
Marguerite  J.  Allen,  Justin  N. 
Amaral,  Jaime  L.  Andrade, 
Alexander  J  Assad,  Rachel  A. 
Brum,  Elise  A.  Camara,  Kathryn  K. 
Chase,  Jeremy  N.  Correia,  Rackel 
M.  Correia,  Daniel  S.  DaSilva. 
Jacqueline  M.  Davis,  Alan  J. 
Desmarais,  John  C.  Fontaine,  Laura 
J.  Fournier,  Francis  C.  Frain, 
Courtney  A.  Gobeil,  Brandon  P. 
Huggon,  Jessica  A.  Kirkwood,  Erin 
L.  Kozak,  Julia  C  Leimert,  Joey  M. 
Lopes,  Rosanna  L,  Mello,  Edward 
D.  Nicolau,  Jessica  L.  Pacheco, 
Scott  J.  Pacheco.  Megan  B  Pavao, 
Thomas  G.  Perry.  Desiree  G. 
Rodrigues,  Adam  J.  Silva,  Amber  M. 
Sloan,  Chelsea  L,  Spooner,  Nina  M. 
Szule'wski,  Kara  A.  Teixeira,  Britney 
A.  Toomey,  Bryan  P.  Torres,  Garrett 
j.  Bernier,  Nicole  E  Caisse,  Ashley 
A.  Chaunt,  Kyle  W.  Dore,  Joshua  A. 
Figureid,  Ian  C.  Harwood,  Corey  A, 
Huntington,  Matthew  N.  Isidoro, 
Kelsey  N.  Jacobson,  Stephanie  A, 
Larguinha,  Daniel  P  Leach-St. 
Germain.  Megan  K.  Lemieux.  Keith 
M.  Moniz,  Victoria  A.  Moniz.Anqe.la 
n  Ramunno.  Michelle  N.  Raposo, 
•  i_i _ _  it  D^rtficn  .Incob  E, 


Nelson  G.  Raposo,  Jacob  E. 
Sadeck,  Keith  R.  Sadeck,  Catlln  L. 
Steen,  Kerrie  L.  Tripp.  Leslie  A. 
Vigeant. 


Herald  News  Photo  by  JACK  FOLEY 


Kiwanis  donate  to  youth  organization 

Peter  McCarthy,  center,  executive  director  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  accepts  a  $1 ,300  check  from  Joe  Rodriques,  left 
president  of  the  Kiwanis  Foundation  of  Greater  Fall  River,  and  Steve  Farias,  right,  president  of  the  Kiwanis  Club  of  Fall  River  Inc 
The  money  will  be  used  to  buy  the  first  tier  of  seats  for  the  pool  area  of  the  club. 


Sharks  too  strong  for  Fall  River  Flyers 

i  M--V7  15)  backstroke  (58,52)  and  swam  freestyle  (47.84).  Looker  placed  second  in  backstroke  (44.28).  Amand 

Tpam.  Fall  River  1 0Oyard  medley  relay  (1.37.15).  nn.irtn«v  Dias  olaced  fourth  in  breaststroke  (1  11  -24)  Medeiros  placed  third  in  the  lOOyard  Individual  medle 


The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Swim  Team,  Fall  River 
Flyers  lost  a  tough  meet  against  the  Pawtucket 
Sharks  this  past  weekend.  The  Flyers  performed 
well  with  many  swimmers  enjoying  new  personal 
bests  despite  losing  434-185  to  a  much  larger 
Pawtucket  squad. 

8  &  Under  division 

BOYS  -  Jonathan  Arruda  placed  first  in  both  freestyle 
(17  38)  and  butterfly  (31.46)  and  swam  breaststroke 

<31  GIRLS  -  Angela  Beverage  swam  breaststroke  (42.29) 
and  backstroke  (35.42)  Victoria  Gagne  placed  second  in 
both bQeesty°e  (20.1 3)  and  butterfly 
breaststroke  (35.62).  Sara  Medeiros  placed  first  in  both 
freestyle  (18.32)  and  backstroke  (21.67)  and  swam  but¬ 
terfly  (22.39).  Savannah  Pacheco  placed  third  in  but 

^Aia^ccrft'swarh'itQ^y1®1^2^^  acl<s,rokj  (20  91) 
.  hroactutrnke  (39  43)  Kayla  Tonucci  placed  second 

f„nteaes«S!3fo54)3and  Kind  In  bacKs.-oKe  (25.34, 

andpSachecoeTonucc|23Gagne  and  Medeiros  placed  fits. 
In  the  lOOyard  Ireestyle  relay  (1:26.08)  and  swam  the 


9  &  10-year-old  division 

BOYS  -  Aaron  Dem  placed  second  in  both  freestyle 
(35,41)  and  backstroke  (44.38). 

Jack  Grace  placed  second  in  breaststroke  (59.22) 
and  fourth  in  freestyle  (41.72)  and  swam  the  100-yard 
Individual  medley  (1:43.46).  Danny  Morris  placed  first  in 
butterfly  (44.50)  and  third  in  the  individual  medley 
(1  39,25)  and  swam  freestyle  (37.59).  Jesse  Morris 
placed  first  In  both  the  100-yard  individual  medley 
(1:34.81)  and  backstroke  (44.05)  and  swam  freestyle 

Jonathan  Santos  placed  third  in  breaststroke 
(1:05.88)  and  swam  freestyle  (45.18)  and  backstroke 
(52.84).  Grace,  Dem  and  the  Morris  brothers  placed  first 
in  the  200yard  freestyle  relay  (2:29.22) 

GIRLS  -  Bethany  Arruda  placed  first  in  backstroke 
(49  33)  Cassandra  Benjamin  placed  first  In  the  100-yard 
individual  medley  (1:29.50)  and  second  in  butterfly 
(40.77).  Katelyn  Cappello  placed  third  in  freestyle 
(45.59)  and  swam  backstroke  (58.94).  Jen  Collier  swam 

,reejSessica9  Cookinham  swam  freestyle  (43.63)  and 
backstroke  (55.16)  Nicole  Cookinham  placed  second  in 


backstroke  (58.52)  and  swam  freestyle  (47.84). 

Courtney  Dias  placed  fourth  in  breaststroke  (1  11  24) 
and  swam  freestyle  (50.38).  Kristen  Montuori  placed 
second  in  both  freestyle  (39.67)  and  breaststroke 
(55.28).  Arruda  Dias,  Montuori  and  Cappello  placed  sec¬ 
ond  in  the  lOOyard  medley  relay  (1:36.82). 

Arruda.  Dias,  Cookinham  and  Cappello  placed  sec¬ 
ond  in  the  200yard  freestyle  relay  (3:17.58). 

11  &  12-year-old  division 
BOYS  -  Ben  Demeule  placed  first  in  freestyle  (32.61) 
and  second  in  backstroke  (40.73)  and  swam  breast¬ 
stroke  (49.78).  u 

Thomas  Gonsalves  placed  first  in  the  butterfly  (34.44) 
and  swam  freestyle  (30.24). 

GIRLS  -  Amy  Astle  placed  third  in  breaststroke 
(49.68)  and  swam  backstroke  (46.43). 

Amanda  Couture  placed  second  in  freestyle  (33.85) 
and  swam  breaststroke  (49.66).Andrea  Donnelly  placed 
fourth  in  backstroke  (52  18)  and  swam  breaststroke 

^  °Jasmin  Grace  placed  fourth  In  both  freestyle  (38.25) 
and  breaststroke  (1:01.52). 

Kyla  Looker  placed  second  In  both  the  lOOyard  indi¬ 
vidual  medley  (1:34.83)  and  butterfly  (45.16). Melyssa 


Looker  placed  second  in  backstroke  (44.28).  Amanda 
Medeiros  placed  third  in  the  lOOyard  Individual  medley 
(1:35.55). 

Melyssa  Looker,  Medeiros.  Kyla  Looker  and  Couture 
placed  second  in  the  200-yard  medley  relay  (2:54.55). 

Melyssa  Looker,  Medeiros,  Astle  and  Couture  placed 
first  In  the  200yard  freestyle  relay  (2:26.40). 

13  &  14-year-old  division 

In  this  division  the  events  are  100  yards. 

GIRLS  -  Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  in  the  200-yard 
individual  medley  (2:54.44)  and  second  in  butterfly 
(1:22.10)  and  swam  breaststroke  (1:31.97). 

Nicole  Astle  placed  first  in  both  freestyle  (1:14.19) 
and  breaststroke  (1:32.19)  and  backstroke  (1:23.94). 

Nicole  Montuori  placed  third  in  freestyle  (1:21.79). 

15-18-year-old  division 

•  In  this  division  the  events  are  100  yards. 

BOYS  -Chris  Demeule  placed  third  in  both  breast¬ 
stroke  (1:18.21)  and  backstroke  (1:19.91)  and  swam 
freestyle  (59.91). 

Jeff  McGuinness  placed  second  In  both  freestyle 
(57  28)  and  breaststroke  (1:16.60). 


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Anqela  Beverage  participated  in  ,  ,BB  OQV  onH  romoete 

Ireestyle  (3260)  and  hacKstroke 
(39  69);  Jessica  Francis  compete 
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tackle  Lourenco  placed  tirst  In 
freestyle  (1:36.83)  and  breaststroke 
(1:35.22). 


Above.  Jacqueline  Laurenco, 

17,  a  B.M.C.  Durfee  High 
School  student,  examines  8- 
month-old  quahogs  under  a 
microscope  at  the  BCC  Sea 
Grant  School  exhibit  at 
Wednesday's  Aquabusiness 
Expo.  The  expo's  exhibits  — 
from  fresh  seafood  for  con¬ 
sumption  to  information  about 
marine  life  studies  —  reflected 
the  school's  aquaculture  pro¬ 
gram's  diversity.  At  right,  Lau¬ 
renco  and  Jack  Skammels, 
BCC’s  aquabusiness  certifi¬ 
cate  program  coordinator,  hold 
a  10-pound  lobster  donated  by 
Cape  Quality  Seafood  of  New 
Bedford.  At  left.  BCC  student 
Paul  Simoes,  24.  of  New  Bed¬ 
ford  downs  a  raw  oyster 
served  by  Cuttyhunk  Oyster 
Farm. 

Herald  News  Photos 
by  OMAR  BRADLEY 


Special  week  for  children 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Fall  River  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  will  be  celebrating  National 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  week  with  a  variety  of 

^Today  ^here  is  a  Candy  Carnival  wjjjj 
games  and  contests.  On  Wednesday.  Apul 
tfi  there  will  be  Water  Fun  night  a  the 

pool,  on  Thursday.  April  17,  there  w  U  be 

Junior  Olympics  in  the  gym.  On  Friday, 
April  18.  there  will  he  a  dance  for  students 
grades  6  and  up  with  a  guest  DJ-  0n 
Saturday,  April  19.  the  annual  Talent 

Show  will  be  held.  momhprs 

Events  are  open  to  all  members. 
Membership  is  $5  a  year.  Any  Pa™< ‘"td 
ested  in  signing  up  a  child  can  ar™8 


Club:  Kids  ana  Tammes  enjoy  holiday  meal 

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CONTINUED  FROM  1 

Thanksgiving  meal  to  mem¬ 
bers  and  their  families  coming 
to  the  event,  held  a  week  before 
the  holiday. 

"I'm  organized,”  she  adds, 
joking  that  if  she  had  one  thing 
to  wish  for  this  holiday  season,  it 
would  be  for  a  bigger  kitchen  to 
cook  in.  “It's  not  really  a  job 
when  you  like  something  so 
much,"  she  adds. 

The  dinner,  made  with  food 
collected  and  served  by  volun¬ 
teers  from  the  Greater  Boston 
Food  Bank,  as  well  as  Club  staff, 
is  a  complete  one,  with  turkey, 
dressing  and  all  the  trimmings. 

“It  has  that  homestyle  feel¬ 
ing,"  says  James  Moody,  14,  oyer 
a  dessert  of  frosted  cookies  with 
sister  Latifah  Shepherd,  1 1. 

Many  of  the  children  in  atten¬ 


dance  are  used  to  having  a  good  • 

hot  dinner  each  weekmght  at 
the  Club,  thanks  to  the  partici¬ 
pation  of  the  food  bank  in  the 
America's  Second  Harvest  Na¬ 
tional  Food  Partnership,  the 
largest  hunger  relief  organiza¬ 
tion  in  the  country.  But  on  only 
one  night  a  year  are  parents  of 
the  members  invited  to  dine 
with  their  children. 

“It  gives  them  a  chance  to  eat 
with  their  kids  and  spend  some 
quality  time,”  says  Jean  Comeau, 
program  manager  of  the  food 
bank  “This  is  an  opportunity  for 
everyone  to  come  together. 

Lori  Massa  appreciates  the 

opportunity  to  enjoy  the  special 

dinner  with  her  daughter, 

Marisa  Surgens,  7,  before  shuf¬ 
fling  off  to  another  part  of  the  ta- 
cility  for  her  daughter's  weekly 
swim  team  practice. 


“I  love  it,  it  brings  families  to¬ 
gether  with  their  kids,”  mom 
says. 

”1  came  here  when  I  was  a 
child,  and  now  my  daughter 
comes  here ...  It  brings  back  a 
lot  of  memories,"  she  adds. 

For  Samantha  Botelho,  8,  this 

year  is  the  second  she  has  attend¬ 
ed  the  Thanksgiving  dinner  cele¬ 
bration.  "I  like  the  mashed  pota¬ 
toes  and  the  turkey,”  she  says. 

Cassandra  McIntyre,  10,  en¬ 
joys  the  dinner,  but  finds  the  at¬ 
mosphere  a  little  hectic,  as  the 
noise  level  rises  and  falls  with 
more  than  300  conversations 
taking  place  simultaneously. 

“It’s  crazy  because  there  s  a  lot 
of  people,"  she  says. 

"You  can  tell  by  the  turnout 
we  didn’t  have  enough  seats,” 
says  Kevin  Vorro,  the  Club's  pro¬ 
gram  director  and  a  member  of 


the  staff  here  for  the  last  15 

years.  "This  is  a  big  deal.  We  _ 

went  all  out  to  make  it  special. 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  Director 
Peter  McCarthy  says  that  events 
such  as  the  traditionalThanksgiv- 
ing  dinner  show  that  the  Club  is 
more  then  just  "swim  and  gym.” 

"We're  trying  to  be  more  fami¬ 
ly  oriented,"  he  says.  “Our  mis¬ 
sion  is  kids.” 

Tasha  Folger,  1 1,  is  already 
looking  forward  to  Thanksgiving 
Day  itself,  and  the  diirner  she  will 
enjoy  at  her  grandma’s  house. 

"I've  got  ham,  chicken, 
turkey,  pineapple,  apple  pie, 
chourico,  sausage  mid  pota¬ 
toes,"  she  says,  giving  grandma 
credit  a  week  in  advance  for  all 
her  hard  work  to  come. 

"Grandmas  are  good  at  cook¬ 
ing,”  she  says.  "They  know  how 

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pis  Boys  &  Girls  Club 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Chew 
Boys'  &  Girls'  Club  will  hold  its 
annual  awards  banquet  on  May  4 
at  the  club. 

The  winners  in  the  game 
room  tournaments  were  as  fol¬ 
lows: 

Cadets  (ages  5-8)  —  Air 
Hockey.  Darren  Tucker. 
Billiards.  Aureo  Barbosa. 
Bumper  Pool.  John  Smith. 
Checkers.  Alexis  Raposa.  Power 
Bowl,  Paul  Chasse. 

Juniors  (ages  .  9-12)  — 

Billiards.  Alex  Enos.  Bumper 
Pool.  Latifah  Shepard.  Foosball. 
Jennifer  Russell.  Gockey,  Alex 
Enos.  Ping  Pong.  Keith 
I  Omosefunmi. 

j  Intermediate  (ages  13-17)  — 
Billiards,  Jose  Montonez. 
Bumper  Pool.  Ramon  Adorno, 
Foosball,  Raheem  Stephenson. 
Gockey,  Louis  Carvalho.  Ping 
Pong.  Jody  Souza. 

For  more  information  about 
the  banquet,  contact  John  Ciullo 
at  the  club.  508-672-6340.  or  call 
508-672-6340. 


Fall  River  Flyers  swim  past  Cumberland 

"  _  "  4,  04V. w™.  Morris,  first  In  both  the  1 00-yard  indtvtd-  Conrad,  third  In  'reeslyle  (35.36);  Amanda  Cou.ure^ 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club's 
swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers  defeated 
the  Cumberland  Lincoln  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Swim  Team. 

The  Flyers  won  five  of  the  10  age  groups. 
8-and-under  girls.  9  &  10  boys.  11  &  12  girls. 
15-18  boys  and  girls. 

9  ft  (inder  division 
Boys 

Jonathan  Arruda.  second  In  freestyle  (20.87). 

Girls 

Inssica  Francis,  competed  In  Ireestyle  (53.70)  and 
backstroke  (46.97),  Vlctona  Gagne,  third  in  buttertly 
5f£)  and  competed  in  freestyle  (22  82).  breaststroke 
(39  92)  and  backstroke  133  55);  Sara  M.dete.  las,  m 
hackstroke  (21  74),  second  In  freestyle  (18.54)  and  com 
nninrl  in  buttertly  (26.10);  Marlssa  Surgens.  fourth  In 
freesfyle  (22.33)  and  compeled  in  breasfslroke  (39^92); 
Savannah  Pacheco,  first  In  breaststroke  (3294),  fourth  n 
butterfly  and  competed  In  freestyle  (24.49);  Kayla 
Tonnucci,  third  In  backstroke  (27  01)  and  competed  In 

*r6 TcmruJccL  Pacheco,  Gagne  and  Su,9ens  P'ac®dJ®p 
ond  In  the  100-yard  medley  relay  (1:50.95),  Gagne, 
Tbnnucci,  Surgens  and  Medeiros  placed  first  In  Ihe  100yd 
Ireestyle  relay  (1:31.92). 

a  &  10-vear-o:  Ld  vIsieD 
Boys 

Aaron  Dem.  first  In  freestyle  (35,06)  and  second  In 
backstroke  (48  82);  Jack  Grace,  second  in  both  ihe  100- 
K? individual  medley  (1:47.21)  and  breaststroke 
(57  78)  Danny  Morris,  tirst  In  buttertly  (48.60),  second  in 
treestyle  (35.88)  and  compeled  Ihe  Individual  mec'ey 


(V42  04)  Jesse  Morris,  first  In  both  the  100-yard  individ¬ 
ual  medley  (1:37.87)  and  backstroke  (44,47)  and  com¬ 
peted  in  treestyle  (35.29);  Jonathan  Santos  third  in 
breaststroke  (1:07.96)  and  competed  In  treestyle  (48.34) 
and  backstroke  (54.20). 

The  Morris  brothers,  Grace  and  Dem,  placed  first  in 
the  200-yard  Ireestyle  relay  (2:34.36). 

Girls 

Bethany  Arruda,  third  In  backstroke  (50.85)  and  com¬ 
peted  in  treestyle  (46.80);  Cassandra  Benjamin,  first  In 
buttertly  (41.81),  second  in  Ihe  100-yard  Individual  med¬ 
ley  (1:29.14)  and  competed  In  backslroke  (44.95), 
Jessica  Cooklnham,  tourth  In  Ireestyle  (44.18)  and  com¬ 
peted  in  backstroke  (56.30);  Nicole  Cooklnham.  tourth  In 
backstroke  (1:02  30)  and  competed  In  Ireestyle  (48.65): 
Jen  Collier  competed  in  Ireestyle  (54.03)  and  backstroke 
(1  05.88);  Courtney  Dias,  lourth  In  breaststroke 
(1:11.52);  Jena  Francis,  third  in  breaststroke  (1:00,34); 
Alexandra  Mendonca,  second  In  buttertly  (52.81);  Kristen 
Montuorl.  second  In  treestyle  (40.25)  and  competed  In 

^Arruda  Francis,  Benjamin  and  Montuorl  placed  first  In 
the  100-yard  medley  relay  (1 :26.21)  while  the  Cooklnham 
sisters,  Dias  and  Mendonca  placed  third  (1:40.82). 

The  Cooklnham  sisters,  Dias  and  Mendonca  placed 
second  in  Ihe  200-yard  Ireestyle  relay  (3:15.98)  while 
Arruda,  Collier.  Francis  and  Montuorl  placed  third 
(3:19.09). 


11  ft  12-vear-old  division 


Boys 

Ben  Demeule,  second  In  backstroke  (41.79),  third  In 
Ireestyle  (33  68)  and  competed  In  the  breaststroke 
(53.84);  Thomas  Gonsalves,  first  In  both  buttertly  (35.88) 
and  the  100-yard  individual  medley  (1:21.69)  and  com¬ 
peled  Ireestyle  (31.06). 

Girls 

Amy  Aslle,  second  In  breaslstroke  (51,71):  Sara 


Conrad,  third  In  treestyle  (35.36);  Amanda  Couture,  sec 
ond  In  freestyle  (34.93);  Andrea  Donnelly,  third  In  back 
stroke  (52.95)  and  compeled  In  treestyle  (46.39);  Jasmlr 
Grace,  third  In  breaslstroke  (59.01);  Kyla  Looker,  first  Ir 
Ihe  100-yard  Individual  medley  (1:28.38)  and  second  Ir 
buttertly  (41.60);  Melyssa  Looker,  first  in  backstrokt 
(42  70);  Amanda  Medeiros,  second  In  the  100-yard  Indi 
vldual  medley  (1:38.16). 

M.  Looker,  Couture,  K.  Looker  and  Conrad  placed  firs 
In  the  200-yard  medley  relay  (2:46.79)  while  Astle,  Grace 
Medeiros  and  Donnelly  placed  second  (3:17.35). 

M.  Looker,  Medeiros,  Couture  and  Conrad  placed  firs 
In  the  200-yard  Ireestyle  relay  (2:29.50)  while  Donnelly 
Grace.  Astle  and  K  Looker  placed  second  (2:45.56). 
ia  ft  14-vear-old  division 

In  this  division,  the  swimmers  events  are  100  yards. 

Boys 

Thomas  Landry,  first  in  the  treestyle  (1  13  02),  second 
In  the  breaststroke  (1,35.08)  and  competed  in  the  butter- 
tly  (1:31.38). 

Girls 

Cassandra  Alves,  second  In  both  the  200-yard  Individ¬ 
ual  medley  (2:55,86)  and  buttertly  (1.27.00)  and  compel¬ 
ed  in  breaststroke  (1:32.16);  Nicole  Aslle,  second  In  both 
freestyle  (1:13.33)  and  breaststroke  (1.37.19)  and  com¬ 
peled  in  backslroke  (1 .25.53);  Nicole  Montuorl,  second  In 
backslroke  (1:32.01)  and  third  In  Ireestyle  (1:19.59). 

15-18-vear-old  division 

In  this  division  the  swimmers  events  are  100  yards. 

Boys 

Chris  Demeule,  first  In  breaststroke  (1:17.44),  second 
In  Ireestyle  (1:00.91)  and  compeled  In  backstroke 
(1:20.77);  Jett  McGuinness,  first  In  Ireestyle  (59.07)  and 
second  In  breaslstroke  (1:17.57), 

Girls 

Jackie  Lourenco,  first  In  treestyle  (1 :34.68), 


Chew  Boys 

I  FALL  RIVER  —  The 
Pawtucket  Boys  &  Girls  Club's 
Sharks  defeated  the  Chew  Boys 
&  Girls  club  recently  in  a  swim 
meet,  279-227. 

Many  of  the  local  swimmers 
improved  their  individual  times. 

8-and-under  Division 

In  the  boys  division  Aureo 
Barbosa  placed  third  in  both  the 
freestyle  (23.25  seconds)  and  the 
backstroke  (21.10). 

Alex  Benjamin  placed  fifth  in 
both  the  freestyle  (25.94)  and 
backstroke  (35.52). 

Aaron  Dem  placed  first  in  the 
backstroke  (22.55)  and  second  in 
the  butterfly  (29.34). 

Jeremy  Folger  was  second  in 
the  freestyle  (21.74)  and  third  in 
the  breaststroke  (31.50). 

In  the  girls  division  Britney 
Benjamin  placed  third  in  both 
the  backstroke  (26.33)  and  butter¬ 
fly  (33.47). 

Jena  Francis  won  the 
freestyle  (22.04)  and  was  second 
in  the  breaststroke  (27.69). 

Sara  Medeiros  took  top  honors 
in  the  backstroke  (25.04)  and  was 
second  in  the  freestyle  (25.25). 

Lexi  Mendonca  was  runner- 
up  in  the  butterfly  (31.24)  and 
third  In  the  breaststroke  (36.04). 

Benjamin,  Mendonca, 
Francis  and  Medeiros  won  the 
100  yard  freestyle  relay  In  1.38.77. 

9-and-1 0-year-old  division 

For  the  boys.  Jared  Baptists 


Club  bows  in  swim  meet 


placed  second  in  the  backstroke 
(55.39)  and  fourth  in  the  freestyle 
(47.66),  while  Jack  Grace  fin¬ 
ished  third  in  both  the  freestyle 
(46.32)  and  breaststroke  (1:06.49). 

Keith  Omosefunmi  rounded 
out  the  top  finishes  for  the  boys 
with  a  fifth  place  finish  in  the 
freestyle  (59.5). 

In  the  girls  division.  Cassie 
Benjamin  won  the  100-yard  IM 
(1:40.6).  while  Amanda  Couture 
won  the  breaststroke  (53.58)  and 
the  backstroke  (45.02). 

Kyla  Looker  finished  second  in 
the  freestyle  (35.99),  while  Tasha 
Folger  placed  fourth  (48.77). 

Melyssa  Looker  took  second 
in  the  backstroke  (45.67)  and 
Amanda  Medeiros  was  second  in 
the  breaststroke  (54.57)  and  third 
in  the  freestyle  (41.24). 

Benjamin.  Medeiros  and  the 
Looker  sister  combined  for, a  win 
in  the  100  medley  relay  (1:22.20) 
and  a  win  in  the  200  freestyle 
relay  (2:35.74). 

11-and-1 2-year-old  division 

Ben  Demeule  led  the  boys’ 
team  with  second  place  finishes 
in  both  the  freestyle  (38.05)  and 
the  backstroke  (47.99). 

Dylan  Bedard  chipped  in  with 
a  pair  of  third  places  In  the 
freestyle  (38.97)  and  the  hack- 
stroke  (47.99). 

Thomas  Gonsalves  put  up  vic¬ 
tories  in  the  100  IM  (1:31.47)  and 
the  butterfly  (48.32). 


Demeule.  Gonsalves.  Landry 
and  Bedard  captured  the  200 
yard  freestyle  relay  (2:29.05). 

Melanie  Brown  led  the  girls 
with  wins  in  both  the  backstroke 
(37.61)  and  in  the  100  IM  (1:27.71). 

Amy  Astle  placed  third  in 
both  the  breaststroke  (58.39)  and 
the  freestyle  (38.79). 

Jessica  Folger  was  fourth  in 
the  freestyle  (1:05.49). 

13-and-1 4-year-old  division 

In  the  boys  competition. 
Chris  Demeule  and  Nick 
Gouveia  each  turned  in  a  first 
and  a  second  place  finish,  with 
Demeule  winning  the  freestyle 
(1:06.55)  and  finishing  second  in 
the  breaststroke  (1:25.63).  and 
Gouveia  taking  the  backstroke 
(1:23.95)  and  finishing  second  in 
the  butterfly  (1:40.46). 

John  Brown  was  second  in 
the  freestyle  (1:18.43)-  and  Tourth 
in  the  breaststroke  (1:37.84). 

On  the  girls  side,  Nicole  Astle 
won  both  the  freestyle  (1:25.41) 
and  the  breaststroke  (1:50.11). 

Nicole  Mon  tour  i  won  the  back- 
stroke  (1:32.01)  and  finished  sec¬ 
ond  in  the  freestyle  (1:25.7).  while 
Jess  Robinson  won  the  200  IM 
(2:59.27)  and  the  butterfly  (1:34,16). 

15-and-1 8-year-old  division 

Samantha  Ramos  won  the 
backstroke  (1:28.2)  and  finished 
second  In  the  freestyle  (1:17.29), 
while  Jackie  Lourenco  won  the 
breaststroke  (1:32.71). 


Vision:  Group  brainstorms 


From  Page  A1 

that  help  young  people  make 
good,  healthy  choices. 

Weed  said  the  visioning  ses¬ 
sions  will  continue  throughout 
the  summer.  So  far  more  than  600 
people  have  given  their  input. 
The  goal  is  to  get  input  from  1,000 
by  the  end  of  the  summer.  Groups 
as  from  10  to  50  people  can  partic¬ 
ipate  in  visioning  sessions  by 
contacting  Maureen  Ryan  Estes 
at  the  health  and  human  services 
office  at  508-324-2405. 

A  committee  will  narrow 
down  the  ideas  and  then  citizens 
will  decide  what  the  priorities 
should  be  and  start  implementing 
one  vision  for  the  city.  Weed  said 
the  Healthy  City  Initiative  wants 
all  ages  and  all  sectors  of  the  pop¬ 
ulation  to  be  represented, 
including  young  people.  Children 
have  been  drawing  pictures  of 
their  ideal  city  at  Community 
Development  Recreation. 

“They  come  up  with  ideas 
right  away,"  he  said.  “At  one 
point  there  were  about  800  ideas 
on  our  Web  site." 

Coughlin  said  the  ideas  will  be 
unveiled  on  Sept.  7  when  the  city 
will  celebrate  its  bicentennial  at  a 
big  parade  and  other  festivities. 

Originated  in  Canada  in  1987, 
more  than  7,000  communities 
around  the  world  arid  more  than 
1,000  in  the  United  States  have 
undertaken  the  Healthy  City 


Initiative. 

Coughlin  said  the  process 
doesn’t  just  mean  talking  about 
health  care.  One  community  for¬ 
mulated  a  plan  that  allowed 
homeless  people  to  wbrk  as  land¬ 
scapers  at  a  hospital.  Another  cre¬ 
ated  a  Children's  Museum.  He 
said  it’s  too  early  to  say  what  the 
outcome  of  Fall  River’s  visioning 
process  will  be. 

The  World  Health  Organiz¬ 
ation  has  developed  several 
descriptions  of  healthy  communi¬ 
ties  that  include  the  following 
characteristics: 

High  levels  of  community  par¬ 
ticipation;  health  care  services 
focusing  on  prevention  and 
staying  healthy;  a  nonviolent  and 
safe  environment;  affordable 
housing;  accessible  transportation 
systems;  work  for  all  who  want  it; 
healthy  food;  educational  opportu¬ 
nities  for  everyone;  workplaces 
that  are  supportive  of  employees’ 
families;  space  for  recreation;  and 
safe  neighborhoods. 

Elizabeth  Yokell.  a  music 
teacher  at  Talbot,  organized  the 
visioning  session  by  inviting 
members  of  the  Parent-Teacher 
Organization. 

Other  visioning  sessions  have 
been  held  at  churches,  libraries, 
for  young  groups  and  for  neigh¬ 
borhood  associations. 

Kathleen  Durand  may  be  reached 
at  kdurandSheraldnews.com. 


■  1  *  ^ 

awes 


February  2003 


I  know  that  my  children  will  receive  nutritious 
meals  in  a  fun  environment." 

"Sometimes  I  visit  the  Cafe  myself,  which  gives 
us  the  chance  to  spend  quality  time  together  while 
the  girls  are  eating,  without  all  the  stress  I've  often 
associated  with  coming  home  after  a  long  day  and 
trying  to  scrape  a  nutritious  meal  together.  It's  not 
just  an  economic  issue.  I  can't  put  a  price  tag  on 
how  much  it  benefits  the  girls — and  me — to  spend 
quality  time  together  that  isn't  monopolized  by 
worrying  about  the  basics.  Mealtimes  are  supposed 
to  be  about  families  being  together  and  enjoying  one 
another's  company — the  Kids  Cafe  has  brought  that 
back  into  our  lives." 


program  because  some  of  the  financial  and  emotional 
stress  associated  with  mealtimes  is  alleviated.  Seniors 
and  teenagers  volunteer  to  handle  food  preparation 
and  clean-up.  Since  its  inception  in  2000,  the  Fall  River 
Kids  Cafe  has  doubled  in  size  as  a  result  of  an 
increased  need  for  the  program  within  the  community. 

Angela  Downing  is  a  mother  of  three  whose  two 
daughters,  Julia  and  Nicole,  attend  the  Kids  Cafe  three 
times  each  week.  Angela  is  a  single  working  mom  who 
recently  completed  her  college  education  while  work¬ 
ing  long  hours  and  managing  a  difficult  commute 
between  school,  home,  and  work.  While  Angela  also 
relies  on  government  assistance  to  help  create  a  better 
life  for  her  family,  she  credits  the  Kids  Cafe  for  enabling 
her  to  spend  more  time  with  her  children  and  for  lessen¬ 
ing  the  financial  and  psychological  pressures  she  has 
faced  in  trying  to  feed  her  family. 


Kids  enjoy  a  balanced  meal  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 


"Between  work  and  school,  I  was  having  a 
really  hard  time  making  ends  meet,"  Angela  explains. 
"There  have  been  times  I've  had  to  make  some 
incredibly  difficult  decisions.  When  you're  trying  to 
provide  for  your  family,  the  last  thing  you  want  to 
do  is  to  have  to  choose  between  paying  for  food,  rent, 
school  lunches,  or  heat.  Thanks  to  the  Kids  Cafe, 


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3 


To  the  owners  of  the  hereinafter  described  parcels  of 
land  situated  in  FALL  RIVER  in  the  county  of 
BRISTOL  and  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts 
and  to  all  others  concerned: 

Ybu  are  hereby  notified  that  on  Frt..  April  11,  2003  at 
9:30  A.M.  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  General  Laws  Chapter 
60,  Section  53  as  amended,  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority 
vested  m  me  as  Collector  ot  Taxes  - 
It  is  my  intention  to  take  for  FALL  RIVER 
the  following  parcels  of  land  for  non-payment  after  demand, 
of  the  taxes  due  thereon,  with  Interest  and  all  incidental 
expenses  and  costs  to  the  date  of  taking  unless  the  same 
shall  have  been  paid  before  that  date. 

BETTY  A.  CLARK 

A  P  O  ACQQUISITION  CORP, 

C/O  Rl  WELDING  SUPPLY  CO  INC. 

LAND  &  BUILDING  located  at  644  CHARLES  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .336  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  B1 00039, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
21/393.  Tax  for  FY-2000  SI. 548.38. 

AGUIAR  DAVID  4  DARLENE. 

LAND  located  at  PLEASANT  ST  In  FALL  RIVER,  containing  .027 
ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  J060027.  recorded  at  BRISTOL 
COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page  2822/77.  Tax  for 
FY-2000  S3 1-38. 

ALMEIDA  MARY  LOU  &  JOSE  C, 

Subsequent  Owner:  ALMEIDA  JOSE  C  4  MARY  LOU  ENT, 

LAND  &  BUILDING  located  at  45  CHAVENSON  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .133  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  L090047. 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
41 10/30.  Tax  tor  FY-2000  $657.68. 

BORGES  JOSEPH  4  ANA  P  ENT, 

Subsequent  Owner:  BORGES  JOSEPH  &  ANA  P  ENT. 
LANDS  BUILDING  located  at  665  WALNUT  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  158  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  M260085, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3639/303.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S26. 1 1 . 

BRODY  ALTON, 

Subsequent  Owner  LIANA  REALTY, 

LANDS  BUILDING  located  at  609  DAVOL  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .459  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  0220010, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3628/246  Tax  for  FY-2000  S3.719.04. 

CABRAL  LORRAINE. 

LANDS  BUILDING  located  at  523  RIDGE  ST  In  FALL  RIVER, 
containmq  .097  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  G1 1 0062, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3528/56  Tax  for  FY-2000  Si  .433.36. 

CARREIRO  MANUEJJ^Nt^flQJNT^ 

LAND  &  BUILDING-tcEated  at  999  RODjSAfFSUin  FALL  RIVER, 
containmq>f<ACRES  shown  onAsSessors  Map  1240081 . 

jgJBtJatl BRISTOL  COUNtVhEGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
frt 99  Tax  for  FY-2000  S346.55 

SubsequentOwner:  THOMAS  CHEW  MEMORIAL  BOYS  S  GIRLS, 
PI  UB  INC 

LAND  &  BUILDING  located  at  815  BEDFORD  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  323  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  K0 10029, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3752/70.  Tax  lor  FY-2000  S3.221  47, 


UlAcrsiUlLHERME  4  MARIA  ENT - 

LAND  JBUit-UPH'J  Iw.-JIL'U  JIT5  NU  L'jORT  ST  In  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  138  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor’s  Map  Si 30055. 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
20/21 3.  Tax  for  FY-2000  $2.435  42. 

ENTIN  JEFFREY  S  &  THERESA  A  COM. 

tA^D^BuVuDINcf located  at  399  NO  MAIN  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .331  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  0010001 . 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
2874/176.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S5.013.55. 

1  FERREIRA  MARIA  R  l/T,  cai  ,  D,,/CD 

LAND  &  BUILDING  located  at  1 9  AETNA  ST  In  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  106  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  C020052. 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3563/114  Tax  for  FY-2000  S269.33. 

FERRERIA  WILLIAM 

LAND  4  BUILDING  loo. . . . ,  ■  . ,  ann .. 

containing  186  ACRES  shown  on  Assessors  Map  A 160040. 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  •  Book/Page 
1112/1122  Tax  for  FY-2000  S297.41 

IMBRIGLIO THOMAS.  .  ,  .  c,c 

LAND  located  at  WHITEFIELD  ST  in  FALL  RIVER,  containing  .575 
ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  Cl  70053.  Tax  for  FY-2000 
$171  54. 

IMORO  ABDUL  6  ZUZU  SHARDOW  JNT. 

LANDS  BUILDING  located  at  124  BOWEN  ST  In  FALL  RIVER 
containing  172  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  Hi 30049. 
£££ded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3239/326.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S341.59. 

KEAVY  EILEEN. 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  631  MAPLE  ST  In  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  1 1 2  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor  s  Map  M26001 1 . 


KESSLER  DONALD, 

LAND  &  BUILDING  located  at  342  BEDFORD  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .499  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor’s  Map  N020060, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
1393/343.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S4, 206.84. 

LIMA  EDUARDO  SOUSA  4  DANI, 

Subsequent  Owner:  LIMA  EDUARDO  SOUSA, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  652  BEDFORD  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .031  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  M130017. 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3570/31 0.  Tax  for  FY-2000  SI  ,962.03. 

LOURENCO  ANTONIO  F  4. 

Subsequent  Owner:  LOURENCO  ANTONIO  C  4  MARIA  G  ENT. 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  221  FRANKLIN  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  106  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  N040008, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3581/203.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S664.64. 

MARTIN  MICHAEL  D  4  KERRI  L  ENT, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  934  LANGLEY  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .218  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  R060116, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3443/312  Tax  for  FY-2000  S74. 1 6. 

MCGOWAN  JOAN  E  ENT, 

WALTER  P  GEHAN  JR, 

LAND  located  at  332  BELL  ROCK  RD  in  FALL  RIVER,  containing 
7  490  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  W200024,  recorded  at 
BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page  3020/253.  Tax 
for  FY-2000  S857.72. 

MEDAS  ANDREW  4  LISA  COM, 

Subsequent  Owner:  RAPOZA  CARL  D  4  SUSAN  A  ENT. 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  1 16  BRADFORD  AVE  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .068  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  G020055, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page  i 
3845/125.  Tax  for  FY-2000  $70,00. 

MEDAS  LISA  A  TRS, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  594  SO  MAIN  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .140  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  1080017, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3096/309.  Tax  tor  FY-2000  S661 .67. 

MEDAS  LISA  A  TRS. 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  578  SO  MAIN  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  ,066  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  1080057, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3096/15 1  Tax  for  FY-2000  S2.01 3.06. 

MEDEIROS  MARIA  L  COM, 

Subsequent  Owner.  MEDEIROS  MARIA  L  COM, 

FRANCISCO  BORGES, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  591  RODMAN  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .115  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  1180007, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
\  3769/58.  Tax  lor  FY-2000  S586.92 

/  PONTE  JOSEPH  4  PHIL  JNT, 

/  Subsequent  Owner.  CAMARA  JOHN  J  TRS, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  314  BROADWAY  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .224  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor  s  Map  G040023, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3580/21 2.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S3, 018, 76. 

SHABSHELOWITZ  ANDREW  4  HA. 

Subsequent  Owner:  LIANA  REALTY, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  577  DAVOL  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .058  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  0220014, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3628/244.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S929.76. 

SILVA  MARIO  M, 

Subsequent  Owner  NASSIOS  ELIA, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  1 1 1  HARRISON  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  050  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  K 130070, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3696/277  Tax  for  FY-2000  S545.59. 

SOKOLOWSKI  IRENE. 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  754  GLOBE  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  170  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  G 160025. 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
997/338.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S583. 1 8. 

SOUSA  ALVARO  N, 

LAND  4  BUILDING  located  at  WAMSUTTA  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .095  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  K070035,  • 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3287/125.  Tax  for  FY-2000  S217.57. 

LAND  4SBUILEDING  located  at  196  QUEQUECHAN  ST  in  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .072  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor's  Map  K090042, 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3501/286.  Tax  lor  FY-2000  S542.86. 

LAND  M3UILDING  located  at  187  ROCKLAND  ST  In  FALL  RIVER, 
containing  .089  ACRES  shown  on  Assessor’s  Map  G1 8004 1 . 
recorded  at  BRISTOL  COUNTY  REGISTRY  OF  DEEDS  -  Book/Page 
3496/208.  Tax  for  FY-2000  $737.28. 


Sense  of  community 


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ftn  artistic  tltanfc  you 


Finnesse  Medeiros  ol  Fall  River,  9,  receives  a  prize  from  Perry  Lewis,  development  director  ol  the  Thomas  Chew ,  “fmor'®| * 
Girls  Club  lor  designing  the  artwork  to  be  used  on  thank  you  cards  Irom  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  Donors  to  the  club  s  development 
programs  will  receive  colorful  cards  featuring  Finnesse's  artwork  expressing  gratitude  tor  the  giver  s  generosity. 


Fall  River  Flyers  turn  in 
a  strong  RIMA  meet  effort 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  swim  team,  the  Fall 
River  Flyers,  participated  in  the 
RIMA  Swim  League 
Championships  held  at  Wheaton 
College  last  weekend. 

The  RIMA  Swim  League  con¬ 
sists  of  six  teams: 
Cumberland/Lincoln  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  Pawtucket  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  East  Providence  Boys 
&  Girls  Club,  Newport  Blues, 
Newport  Boys  &  Girls  Club  and 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River. 

Competing  against  much 
larger  squads,  the  Flyers  placed 
fifth  as  a  team  with  many  swim¬ 
mers  placing  in  the  top  10  spots 
and  setting  new  personal  bests  in 
their  respective  events. 

Ten  Flyers  were  also  named  to 
the  RIMA  All-Star  team.  The 
swimmers  who  have  set  one  of  the 
top  five  fastest  times  in  them  rele¬ 
vant  age  group  and  event  through¬ 
out  the  season  in  the  entire  league 
are  those  who  are  named  to  the 
All-Star  team.  All-Star  swimmers 
•are:  Cassandra  Alves  (breast¬ 
stroke),  Jonathan  Anaida 
(freestyle),  Cassandra  Benjamin 
(individual  medley).  Aaron  Deni 
(freestyle,  backstroke),  Ben 
Demeule  (freestyle,  backstroke), 
Thomas  Gonsalves  (freestyle,  but¬ 
terfly.  individual  medley).  Jeff 
McGuinness  (freestyle,  breast¬ 
stroke).  William  McGuinness 
(freestyle,  backstroke,  butterfly, 
individual  medley),  Danny  Morris 
(butterfly)  and  Jesse  Morris  (indi¬ 
vidual  medley). 


Meel-ResMs 

8  &  Under  division 

BOYS:  Jonathan  Arruda,  third  In  but¬ 
terfly  (25.05)  and  sixth  in  Ireestyle  (18,36), 

GIRLS:  Angela  Beverage,  12th  in 
breaststroke  (42.29)  and  31  si  in  freestyle 
(27.35),  Jessica  Francis,  36th  in  freestyle 
(58.42);  Victoria  Gagne,  sixth  in  butterfly 
(24  04)  and  15th  In  freestyle  (21  39);  Sara 
Medeiros,  fifth  in  backstroke  (21 .70)  and 
sixth  in  freestyle  (18.33);  Savannah 
Pacheco,  eighth  In  breaststroke  (31.33) 
and  21  st  In  Ireestyle  (22.38);  Marissa 
Surgens.  12th  In  freestyle  (20.83)  and 
16th  in  backstroke  (27.77);  and  Kayla 
Tonuccl  placed  12th  In  backstroke  (25.21) 
and  13th  In  freestyle  (20.85). 

Surgens,  Tonuccl,  Gagne  and 
Medeiros,  fourth  in  the  100yd  freestyle 
relay  (1:25,71). 

9  &  10-year-old  division 

BOYS:  Aaron  Dem.  second  In  both 
freestyle  (32.37)  and  backstroke  (42.26), 
Jack  Grace,  eighth  in  backstroke  (48  48) 
and  ninth  in  breaststroke  (51.37);  Danny 
Morris,  second  in  butterfly  (43.57)  and  fifth 
in  freestyle  (35.82);  Jesse  Morris,  second 
in  the  100yd  Individual  medley  (1:31.18) 
and  sixth  in  backstroke  (47.33);  Jonathan 
Santos,  18th  in  freestyle  (45,11)  and  15th 
in  breaststroke  (1:05.88). 

Grace,  Dem  and  the  Morris  brothers, 
second  In  the  200yd  freestyle  relay 
(2:22.50). 

GIRLS:  Bethany  Arruda,  23rd  in 
freestyle  (43.47)  and  eighth  in  backstroke 
(51.07);  Cassandra  Benjamin,  third  in  but¬ 
terfly  (40.26)  and  fourth  In  the  100yd  Indi¬ 
vidual  medley  (1:30.66);  Katelyn 
Cappello,  16th  In  backstroke  (1:02.02) 
and  17th  In  freestyle  (41.30);  Jen  Collier. 
20th  in  backstroke  (1:12.31)  and  34th  in 
freestyle  (53.35);  Jessica  Cookinham, 
27th  In  freestyle  (48.35)  and  11th  In  back- 
stroke  (55.31);  Nicole  Cookinham,  30th  in 
freestyle  (47.50)  and  10th  in  backstroke 
(53.88);  Courtney  Dias,  32nd  in  freestyle 
(49.13)  and  18th  In  breaststroke 
(1:02.71).  Alexandra  Mendonca,  12th  in 
freestyle  (39.96);  Kristen  Montuori.  ninth 
in  freestyle  (38.96)  and  12th  In  breast¬ 
stroke  (52.32). 

Montuori,  Francis,  Benjamin  and 
Mendonca  placed  fifth  In  100yd  medley 
relay  (1:19.44);  Mendonca,  J.  Cookinham, 
Arruda  and  Cappello  placed  sixth  in  the 
200  yd  freestyle  relay  (2:56.96)  while 
Francis,  Collier,  Dias  and  N.  Cookinham 
placed  ninth  (3:24.70). 


11  &  12-year-old  division 

BOYS:  Ben  Demeule,  third  In  both 
freestyle  (30.47)  and  backstroke 
(37.36),  Thomas  Gonsalves,  fourth  In 
freestyle  (30.64)  and  third  in  butterfly 
(36.53). 

GIRLS.  Amy  Astle,  17th  In  breast¬ 
stroke  (48.72)  and  15th  In  backstroke 
(43.74),  Amanda  Couture,  11th  In 
Ireestyle  (34.30)  and  15th  in  breast¬ 
stroke  (47.36);  Sara  Conrad,  22nd  in 
freestyle  (36.09);  Andrea  Donnelly, 
32nd  In  freestyle  (42.74)  and  20th  In 
backstroke  (51.11);  Jasmin  Grace,  26th 
iri  freestyle  (37.91)  and  22nd  in  breast¬ 
stroke  (55.69);  Kyla  Looker,  ninth  in 
freestyle  (33.02)  and  10th  in  butterfly 
(39,56),  Melyssa  Looker,  16th  In 
freestyle  (35.51)  and  11th  In  backstroke 
(41.06);  Amanda  Medeiros,  14th  In 
Ireestyle  (35.29)  and  12th  in  breast¬ 
stroke  (46.30). 

Medeiros,  M.  Looker,  K.  Looker  and 
Couture  placed  sixth  in  the  200yd 
freestyle  relay  (2.22.81)  while  Grace, 
Donnelly,  Astle  and  Conrad  placed 
ninth  (2:39.97). 

13  &  14-year-old  division 
In  this  division,  swimmers' 
events  are  100  yards 

BOYS:  Thomas  Landry  placed  fourth 
in  the  200yd  individual  medley 
(2:52.89)  and  third  In  butterfly 
(1:28.79). 

GIRLS:  Cassandra  Alves,  third  In 
breaststroke  (1:29,46)  and  fifth  In  but¬ 
terfly  (1:20.33);  Nicole  Astle,  sixth  in 
breaststroke  (1:32.31)  and  filth  in  back- 
stroke  (1:24.29);  Nicole  Montuori,  sixth 
in  freestyle  (1:12.54)  and  sixth  in  back- 
stroke  (1:24.51). 

15-18-year-old  division 
In  this  division,  swimmers' 
events  are  100  yards 

BOYS:  Chris  Demeule,  fourth  in 
freestyle  (59.50)  and  filth  in  breast¬ 
stroke  (1:18.91);  Jeff  McGuinness,  third 
in  both  freestyle  (54.71)  and  breast¬ 
stroke  (1:14.02);  William  McGuinness, 
first  in  both  freestyle  (54.48)  and  back- 
stroke  (1  06.12). 

GIRLS:  Jackie  Lourenco,  eighth  in 
freestyle  (1:24.60)  and  sixth  in  breast¬ 
stroke  (1  31  04). 


CAMP  WELCH 


11  weeks  from  June  22“  -  September  3,( 

Children  ages  6  to  14 


Serving  Youth  Since  1882 


SUMMER  CAMP 


Registration  for  Overnight  Camp 

Saturday,  April  3  starts  at  8:00am 

Registrations  for  Day  Camp 

Sunday,  April  4  starts  at  8:00am 
At  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
803  Bedford  Street 
Fall  River,  MA 

For  information  call  508-672-6340 


Basketball  totjprfafneftt 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall 
River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  recently 
participated  in  the  Southeastern 
New  England  Boys  &  Girls 
Club’s  9-and-under  basketball 
tourfhament.  Fall  River  competed 
against  teams  representing  the 
communities  of  New  Bedford, 
Providence  (Fox  Piont)  and 
Brockton. 

The  tournament  emphasized 
sportsmanship  and  fun.  so  no 
scores  were  kept. 

The  Fall  River  squad  was  the 
led  by  the  defense  of  Brendan 
Cabral,  the  rebounding  of 
Marqus  Turner  and  Leon 
Reynolds,  the  playmaking  of 
Alex  Reid,  and  the  shooting  of 
Curtis  Cobb. 

Also  playing  well  for  the 
locals  were  Aaron  Dern,  Terrel 
Dubois.  Nick  Dugle  and  Devin 
Rogers. 


Art  contest  draws 
students  together 

FALL  RIVER  —  Students 
throughout  the  Fall  River  area 
are  illustrating  the  joys  of  fam¬ 
ily  life  as  part  of  the  11th  annu¬ 
al  Families  Together  Art 
Contest. 

The  contest  is  open  to  third, 
fourth  and  fifth-grade  students 
of  Fall  River,  Somerset.  Swansea 
and  Westport.  Entry  forms  have 
been  sent  to  all  public  and  pri¬ 
vate  schools  in  the  area. 

Fall  River  Mayor  Edward  M. 
Lambert  Jr.  in  association  with 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  and  the 
Massachusetts  Children's  Trust 
Fund  announced  that  the  art 
contest  is  under  way. 


"This  art  contest  is  a  wonder¬ 
ful  way  to  reach  out  to  the  com¬ 
munity  and  to  reinforce  the  con¬ 
cept  that  strong  families  do  have 
a  positive  influence  on  the  lives 
of  children."  said  Lambert. 

"As  a  former  social  worker 
who  interacted  with  children  for 
many  years.  I  not  only  believe  in 
the  type  of  effort  that  is  being  put 
forth  here,  but  I  also  wish  to  com¬ 
pliment  the  Massachusetts 
Children's  Trust  Fund  for  their 
statewide  efforts  on  important 
issues  like  preventing  child  abuse 
and  neglect,"  the  mayor  said. 

Children  are  asked  to  create 
drawings  of  their  families  enjoy¬ 
ing  an  activity  together.  The 
purpose  is  to  celebrate  the  posi¬ 
tive  influences  that  strong  fami¬ 
lies  have  on  children. 


Students  must  return  draw¬ 
ings  to  their  school  principals  by 
April  5.  A  panel  of  judges  will 
select  the  top  drawings  in  each  ] 
grade.  First-place  winners  in  I 
each  grade  will  receive  a  bicycle 
and  helmet.  Second-  and  third-  i 
place  winners  will  also  receive 
prizes.  Winners  will  be 
announced-  April  17  at  Family  ! 
Fun  Day  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  j 
Club,  803  Bedford  St.  The  free 
event  will  feature  games,  activi¬ 
ties  and  refreshments. 

CTF  distributes  the  drawings 
throughout  Massachusetts  on  ! 
greeting  cards  and  other  printed 
materials.  For  more  informa-  j 
tion.  call  CTF  Special  Events  j 
Coordinator  Randace  Moore  at  ' 
888-775-4KID  or  e-mail  1 
rmoore@mctf.state.ma.us. 


Titanic’  band  to  perform 


FALL  RIVER  -  International 
recording  artists  Gaelic  Storm  will 
present  a  benefit  concert  for  the  Fall 
River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  at  8  p.m. 
April  30  at  the  Cultural  Center.  205  S. 
Main  St. 

Remembered  by  many  for  their 
performance  as  the  steerage  party 
band  in  the  blockbuster  movie 
"Titanic."  the  band  has  been 
recording  and  performing  around  the 
world  for  the  past  sLx  years. 

Their  show  features  rousing, 
upbeat  vocals,  wild  energetic  dance 
tunes,  haunting  ballads  and  madcap 


V  .(pH 

capacity 


humor. 

The  band  has  played  to  t  . 
crowds  at  countless  clubs  and  per¬ 
forming  arts  centers  across  the 
country. 

Nominated  as  “Performers  of  the 
Year"  in  1999  and  2000  by  the 
National  Association  of  Campus 
Activities.  Gaelic  Storm  has  gar¬ 
nered  a  huge  following  among  col¬ 
lege  students  from  Hawaii  to  New 
Hampshire. 

Tickets  are  $25  in  advance.  For 
more  information  or  to  purchase 
tickets.  508-672-6340. 


A  Night  of  Traditional  Irish  Music  with 

JL  GAELIC  STORM  j JL 

The  steerage  band  from  the  movie  “TITANIC”  is  holding 
a  benefit  concert  for  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 

Friday,  April  30,  2004  at  8pm 
at  The  Cultural  Center 
205  South  Main  St.,  Fall  River 

Tickets:  508-672-6340  $25  advance  purchase 


Pete  sasfD... 

LAMP  S16N - UPS  AP-6 
6OMIN61  SOON!! 


Special  Thanks  To... 


Mr.  Denny  Engstrom 

Mr?.  Elizabeth  Graham 

Mr.  William  E.  McGuirk 


Mr.  Paul  Mina 

Mr.  Dennis  J.  Murphy 


President 

Interiors  Group.  Inc 

Director  of  Gov't  Relations 
Comcast  Cable  Communications 


United  Way  of  Tri-County 


Mr.  Peter  Pollack  Staples 


Mr.  Anthony  J.  Romano 


Mr.  Brad  Schiff  Vice  President 

Ninety  Nine  Restaurant 

Mr.  Edwrad  R.  Stadolnik  Vice  President  Sales  &  Mark'g 

Oakhurst  Dairy 


And  to 


Our  Luncheon  Sponsor 
Comcast  Cable  Communications 

Andrea  Howard,  Executive  Director 
and  Bob  Skelley,  Associate  Director 
West  End  House  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Allston-Brighton 

The  Massachusetts  Area  Council  of 
Boys  &  Girls  Clubs 

Jack  Glazebrook,  Joanne  Hoops,  and  Jim  Hurley 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  America 


The  ^Massachusetts  Area  Council 

Presents 


Date:  April  23,  2004 


Time:  8:30  a.m.  -2:00  p.m. 

West  End  House  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Of  Allston-Brighton 


Photo  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 

Riding  in  style 

JONATHAN  SANCHEZ.  13,  a  student  at  Henry  Lord  Middle  School,  stands  proudly  on  the  running  board  of  the 
Hummer  limousine  he  and  seven  friends  will  be  driven  in  as  a  reward  in  a  membership  drive  contest  sponsored  by  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club.  The  drive  produced  116  new  members,  and  Jonathan  signed  up  the  most  with  15.  Bob  Thibault, 
owner  of  B  &  L  Limousine  of  Swansea,  donated  the  use  of  the  limo.  He  joins  Club  Adviser  Mimi  Larrivee  and  Avi- 
mael  Ortiz.  10,  Michael  Sterling.  12,  Natasha  Ortiz,  9,  Christian  Guerrero.  9,  Keith  Omosefunmi,  11,  Nathan 
Sanchez,  1 1  and  Adam  Barlow,  13,  for  a  photo  before  driver  Alan  Baldwin  takes  the  group  to  Providence  Place 
Mall,  where  Jonathan  will  be  given  $150  spending  money  for  a  shopping  spree. 


2004 

Youth  of  the  Year 


PROGRAM 


Group  One 

Michael  Phillip  O'Louglin 

Arlington  BGC 

Tome  J.  Barros  Colonel  Daniel  Marr  BGC  of  Dorchester 

Caroline  McBride 

BGC  of  Taunton 

Ashlev  Irene  Rousseau 

BGC  or  Lower  Merrimack  Valley 

David  Jlmene2 

Waltham  BGC 

Noella  G.  Bare 

Lawrence  BGC 

Richard  D.  Benson 

BGC  of  Woburn 

Ashlte  J.  Brown 

BGC  of  Greater  Westfield 

Group  Two 

Deandra  Howard 

West  End  House  BGC 

Joluiathan  Jones 

Haverhill  Boys  Club 

Nareth  Chamroeun 

BGC  of  Greater  Lowell 

Sean  P.  Zdanis 

BGC  of  Ludlow 

Elisa  M.  Jljon 

BGC  of  Worcester 

Phillip  McIntosh 

BGC  of  Boston 

Talla  K.  Gee 

Springfield  BGC 

Ulysses  Luna 

BGC  of  Greater  Holyoke 

Group  Three 

Mat  die  w  Paul  Lane 

Lynn  BGC 

Alsha  C.  Costa  BGC  of  Greater  New  Bedford 

Mark  A.  Wood 

BGC  of  Greater  Salem 

Alexzandrea  E.  Sutsko 

Hanscom  AFB 

Russell  A.  Brodmerkle 

BGC  of  MetroWest 

Angela  Ramunno 

Thomas  Chew  Memorial  BGC 

Sara  N.  Porter 

BGC  of  Pittsfield 

LeAndre  Anthony  Scott 

Family  Center  BGC 

8:30  Arrival  and  Orientation 

West  End  House  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Continental  breakfast: 

Juice,  coffee,  breakfast  pastries,  muffins,  bagels 


Interviews 

8:45  Round  One:  Semifinalists 
11:30  Round  Two:  Finalists 

Luncheon 

12:45  Buffet 

Vegetarian  and  meat  lasagna 
Tossed  salad.  Dinner  rolls 
assortment  of  beverages. 

Key  lime  pie.  Pecan  pie 

1:00;  1:10.  1:20 
Finalists:  5  minute  speeches 

1:30 

The  MASSACHUSETTS  YOUTH  OF  THE  YEAR 

Presentation  by  Wayne  MacDonald 
Chairman.  Massachusetts  Area  Council 


McCarthy:  Boys  &  Girls  Cl ut) 
executive  director  enjoying  work 


From  Page  SL1 

Kevin  Vorro  is  the  senior 
program  director.  Michelle 
Larrivee  the  team  director.  John 
Cuillo  the  activities  director  and 
Monica  Tavares  the  aquatics 
director. 

Monica's  twin  sister.  Melissa, 
is  also  part  of  the  staff,  often  dri¬ 
ving  the  Club's  fan  around  town 
on  errands  or  to  pick  up  chil¬ 
dren. 

Many  of  the  older  kids  at  the 
club  become  Keystone  Club 
Members,  and  act  as  big  broth 
ers  and  sisters  for  the  young¬ 
sters. 

"We  cultivate  our  staff  from 
the  kids  who  come  through 
here."  said  McCarthy.  "We  hope 
that  they  stay  here,  grow  up  and 


when  they  turn  16  or  17  we  can 
get  them  on  a  part-time  basis." 

Each  year  the  staff  selects  a 
Youth  of  the  Year. 

"The  last  three  have  indicat¬ 
ed  that  they  want  to  make  this 
their  career,”  said  McCarthy 
with  a  justifiable  degree  of  pride. 

Both  of  the  Tavares  twins, 
former  star  athletes  at  Durfee, 
were  Youths  of  (he  Year. 

McCarthy  marvels  at  the 
aquatics  program,  run  by 
Monica, 

"1  used  to  think  I  was  the  best 
aquatics  director."  he  laughed. 
"Now  I  tell  people  I'm  not  half 
the  person  she  is.  She  runs  an 
amazing  program." 

McCarthy  says  that  all 
staffers  must  first  undergo  a 
stringent  background  check. 


“We  still  do  the  Cory  check 
and  we  do  require  written  refer¬ 
ences.  but  we  know  them. 

"It’s  nice  to  have  people  who 
have  grown  up  at  the  club, 
You’ve  seen  them  develop.  They 
know  the  ropes." 

McCarthy  notes  that  in  a  past 
survey  former  members  admit¬ 
ted  that  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Clubs  probably  saved  their  lives. 
"They  said  that  they  would  be 
dead  without  the  club,"  he  said. 
"For  many  this  is  a  safe  haven." 

McCarthy  says  his  staffers 
serve  as  role  models  for  many  of 
the  kids  who  come  in  each  day. 
they  just  don't  know  it. 

"Many  of  our  staff  are  so 
caught  up  in  the  day-to-day  oper¬ 
ation  of  the  club  that  they  don't 
have  the  time  to  sit  back  and 


tli ink  of  the  difference  they  make 
every  day  in  some  kid's  life." 

When  McCarthy  enrolled  at 
Providence  College  he  was  plan¬ 
ning  to  study  oceanography. 
Instead  he  switched  to  sociology. 
It  proved  to  bS  a  good  decision. 

Tim  Geary  may  be  reached  at 
tgeary@heraldnews.com. 

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■  A  custom-fit  club  /3o/^ 


McCarthy  at  home  at  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 


By  TIM  GEARY 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Sometimes  you  pick  the 
career,  and  sometimes  the  career  picks  you. 

When  Peter  McCarthy  first  began  work¬ 
ing  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  (then  it  was  just  the 
Boy's  Club),  he  was  a  sophomore  at  B.M.C. 
Durfee  High  School. 

The  Red  Sox  were  poised  for  their 
Impossible  Dream  season  in  which  Carl 
Yastrzemski  would  lead  them  to  their  first 
World  Series  in  21  years  and  McCarthy 
thought  he  was  in  for  a  nice  summer  at  the 
club's  Camp  Welch  in  Assonet  where  he  was 
a  lifeguard. 

Now,  37  years  later.  McCarthy  is  the 
club’s  executive  director  and  he  still  gets  as 
much  of  a  kick  getting  up  in  the  morning  to 
go  to  work  as  he  did  when  he  was  watching 
kids  splash  around  during  the  'Summer  of 
Love'. 

"Seeing  kids  grow  up  and  succeed  is  the 
great  part  of  this  job,"  said  McCarthy,  who 
succeeded  the  late  A1  Correia  as  executive 
director  nine  years  ago. 

Of  course,  not  all  kids  grow  up  and  pros¬ 
per  and  when  one  of  them  chooses  the 
wrong  path  it  hurts. 

“We  all  read  court  news  to  see  if  you  rec¬ 
ognize  anyone.  In  this  business,  you  look 
and  if  you  see  a  name  then  you  think  that 
you  failed  on  this  particular  child.”  he  said. 
"But  there  are  so  many  kids  who  come 


‘Seeing  kids  grow  up 
and  succeed  is  the  great  part 
of  this  job  ...  The  thing 
about  this  job  is  that  it  won’t 
be  until  later  on  in  life  that 
you  realize  the  good  that 
you  are  doing  now.’ 

—  Peter  McCarty, 
executive  director, 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 


through  the  door  who  are  helped  here. 

"The  thing  about  this  job  is  that  it  won't 
be  until  later  on  in  life  that  you  realize  the 
good  that  you  are  doing  now.” 

Every  day  close  to  500  youngsters,  many 
of  them  from  single  parent  homes,  come 
through  the  doors  of  the  club  on  Bedford 
Street. 

As  McCarthy  points  out,  it  is  no  coinci¬ 
dence  that  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  located 
here. 

"It's  by  design,"  he  said.  "Board  mem¬ 
bers,  35  or  40  years  ago,  did  a  survey  to  see 
what  was  the  most  crime-ridden  part  of  the 
city  when  the  old  club  burned  down. 

"This  was  the  most  densely  populated 


area  and  it  had  the  most  crime.  There  was  a 
need." 

The  new  club,  52,000  square  feet  with 
another  20,000  addition  in  the  works,  sits  on 
the  site  of  an  old  school. 

The  first  year  it  was  opened,  in  the  late 
'60s.  every  window  in  the  building  was  bro¬ 
ken  by  vandals. 

"Kids  would  break  in,"'  recalled 
McCarthy.  "They  did  a  job  on  the  building, 
but  within  five  years  that  all  stopped 
because  they  realized  it  was  their  club." 

Today  the  club  sits  within  walking  dis¬ 
tance  of  three  low-income  housing  projects. 

Other  kids  from  outside  walking  dis¬ 
tance  are  dropped  off  by  bus. 

Here  they  get  much  more  than  a  few 
hours  of  fun. 

They  learn  how  to  respect  and  interact 
with  others.  They  find  role  models  in  the 
staff,  all  of  whom  came  through  the  pro¬ 
gram  when  they  were  younger. 

Youngsters  learn  about  the  evils  of  drugs 
and  alcohol  abuse  as  well  as  the  dangers  of 
smoking  and  they  also  can  get  a  nutritional 
meal. 

"The  staff  we  have  here  is  incredible." 
said  McCarthy,  who  prefers  to  talk  about 
anybody  and  anything  but  himself. 

Nationally  the  full-time  staffers  turn 
over  annually  at  an  alarming  rate. 

Not  here.  They  come  and  they  stay. 

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Herald  News  Photo  by  DA  VE  SOUZA 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  stands  with  the  staff  and  club  members. 


Thank  You 


Our  dedicated  and  talented  children,  coaches 
and  parents  would  like  to  thank  you  for  your 
support  and  assistance  in  the  2nd  Annual 
Fly-A-Thon.  Your  pledge  to  the  event  has 
helped  us  reach  our  goal. 

This  goal  would  not  have  been  attainable 
without  your  help! 

Thank  you  for  your  support 


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Serving  Youih  Since  1882 

|  11  weeks  from  June  22-  -  September  3"  I 

Children  ages  6  to  14 

Registration  for  Overnight  Camp 

Saturday,  April  3  starts  at  8:00am 

Registrations  for  Day  Camp 

Sunday,  April  4  starts  at  8:00am 
At  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
803  Bedford  Street 
Fall  River,  MA 

For  information  call  S08-672-6340 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  hosts  annual  Awards7 Night 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  held  its  annual  awards 
banquet  recently.  One  hundred  and  twen¬ 
ty-seven  club  members  received  trophies 
involving  16  different  programs.  More 
than  300  people  attended  the  event. 

The  highlight  of  the  evening  was  the 
naming  of  Angela  Ramunno  as  the  2004 
Youth  of  the  Year.  Angela  is  the  daughter  of 
David  and  Donna  Ramunno.  A  senior  at 
B.M.C.  Durfee  High  School,  she  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  since  age 
5.  At  the  club,  she  serves  at  the  President  of 
the  Keystone  Club,  which  is  a  teen  leader¬ 
ship  and  community  service  group. 

Other  Club  members  receiving  awards 
were  as  follows: 

Members  of  the  Month 

October:  Angela  Ramunno;  January:  Kayla 
Anctil;  November:  Danny  Folger,  February: 
Cassie  Benjamin;  December:  Alexandria  Pavao; 
March:  Maggette  Toure;  April:  Khady  Toure.. 

Power  Hour 

Staff:  Melissa  Tavares,  Zi  Somers,  Mrs.  Dias 
and  Mrs.  McSweeney 

Downstairs  Cadet  Boy:  Terrell  Monteiro  ASP 
Cadet  Boy:  Javon  Kay;  Evenings  Boy:  Matthew 
Maggliocetli.  Downstairs  Cadet  Girl:  Minaska 
Herrera;  ASP  Cadet  Girl:  Nicole  Velozo; 


Evenings  Girl:  Sarah  Maggllocetti;  Downstairs 
Boy:  Ronald  Levesque,  ASP  Boy:  Leon 
Reynolds;  Downstairs  Girl:  Jayla  Fernandes; 
ASP  Girl:  Danielle  Smith. 

Computers 
Staff:  Adam  Corerre 

Cadet  Computer  Wiz:  Haley  Travassos, 
Junior  Computer  Wiz:  Danielle  Smith; 
Intermediate  Computer  Wiz:  Adam  Barlow. 
Ceramics  /  Fine  Arts 
Volunteers:  Leo  and  Mane  Jean 
Ceramics:  Tasha  Folger,  Jessica  Folger  and 
Shantavla  Hairston. 

Fine  Arts:  Cadet/Krystal  Patterson; 
Junior/Alexandria  Pavao;  Intermediate/lsreal 
Washington 

Games  Room 
Staff:  John  Ciullo 

Shuffleboard/Cadet  champ:  Monica  Parker, 
Billiards/Cadet  champ:  Eric  Talpo;  Bumper 
pool/Cadet  champ:  Alejandro  Graciani; 
Foosball/Cadet  champ:  Tyrell  Pina; 

Powerbowl/Cadet  champ:  Ryan  Raposa. 

Bllliards&bumper  pool/Junior  champ: 
Finesse  Medeiros;  Foosball/Junior  champ:  Alex 
Enos,  Gockey/Junior  champ:  Nathaniel  Reid; 
Ping  Ping/Junlor  champ:  Keith  Omosefunmi; 
Paper  Football/Junior  champ:  Alex  Enos. 

Billiards/Intermediate  champ:  Forrest 
Russell;  Bumper  pool/lntermedlate  champ:  Jim 
Iricany:  Foosball/lntermediate  champ:  Andre 
Rled;  Gockey  &  Ping  pong/intermediate 
champ  Jody  Sousa,  Paper 

football7Intermedlate  champ:  Clarissa  Colon 


Gymnasium 

Girls  basketball  (Team  3):  Ashley  Motta,  Ariel 
Guertln,  Kayla  Dugle,  Kellie  Ried,  Brandy 
Stephenson,  Crystal  Decoste,  Cathy  Benjamin 
and  Victoria  Estrella. 

Junior  boys:  Khalil  Ayoud.  Dylan  Bedard, 
Nathan  Ried,  Matthew  Barreira,  Jacob  Crayton, 
Kyle  Vasoncellos,  Jordan  Flores,  Brendan  Cabral, 
Leon  Reynolds,  Jordan  Momz  and  Dylan  Oliveira. 

Intermediates:  Ryan  Frazier.  Pam  Spiradon. 
Effrain  Irizarry,  Scott  Copeley,  James  Moody,  Eric 
Dias  and  Nick  Demoura. 

Soccer 

Staff:  Kevin  Vorro  and  Joe  Borges 
Volunteer:  Lori  Cote 

Girls  (Team  1  co-champ):  Kellie  Ried.  Jillian 
Ried,  Anel  Gueriin.  Kaitlin  Perry,  Ashley  Motta, 
Amanda  Motta,  Allie  Motta,  Angela  Motta,  Sheena 
Butler,  Amanda  Medeiros  and  Alicia  Boulay;  (Team 
2  co  champ):  Vanessa  Reis.  Rachel  Cabral.  Micah 
Scott,  India  Scott.  Aja  Scott.  Magette  Toure,  Khady 
Toure,  Kyla  Looker,  Brandy  Stephenson.  Ashley 
Oroszand  and  Jenitza  Medina. 

Boys  Intermediate  (Team  1  co-champ): 
Ashley  Reis,  Robert  Paige.  Jeff  Cabral,  Mark 
Texeira,  Josh  Poole.  James  Moody,  Manny  Silva, 
Jaime  Rezenbdes,  Tyler  Andrade  and  Pam 
Spiradon;  (Team  2  co-champ):  Eric  Bergevin. 
Joel  Proc,  Derek  Gonsalves,  Andrew  Ferreira. 
Keith  Alves,  Brian  Crossley,  Ron  Thomas  and 
Jordan  Gagne. 

Junior  boys:  Miguel  Macedo,  Jordan  Monlz, 
Jamar  Davis,  Nathan  Sylvester,  Jared  Wages, 
D.J.  Tucker,  Tyler  Lavoie,  Chris  Spiradon,  Keith 
Omosefunmi  and  Dylan  Briand, 


Swim  Team 

Head  Coach:  Monica  Tavares;  Assistants:  John 
Francis,  Lynessa  Chatterton,  Jeff  McGuinness, 

The  swim  team  is  a  member  of  RIMA  (Rhode 
Island  and  Massachusetts)  league  which  is  made 
up  of  six  teams:  Cumberland/  Lincoln  B&G  Club, 
East  Providence  B&G  Club,  Pawtucket  B&G  Club, 
Newport  B&G  Club,  the  Newport  Blues  and  the 
Fall  River  B&G  Club 

Fall  River  placed  fifth  overall  and  had  10  swim¬ 
mers  picked  for  the  All-Star  team. 

Team  members:  Bethany  Arruda,  Thomas 
Gonsalves,  Cassandra  Alves,  Jack  Grace.  Jonathan 
Arruda,  Jasimin  Grace,  Amy  Astle,  Thomas  Landry, 
Nicole  Astle,  Kyla  Looker.  Cassie  Benjamin,  Melyssa 
Looker,  Angela  Beverage,  Jaqueline  Lourenco, 
Kalelyn  Cappello,  Jeff  McGuinness,  Jen  Collier.  Will 
McGuinness,  Sarah  Conrad,  Amanda  Medeiros, 
Jessica  Cookinham,  Sarah  Medeiros.  Nicole 
Cookinham,  Alexandra  Mendonca.  Amanda 
Couture,  Knsten  Montuori,  Ben  Demeule,  Nicole 
Montuori,  Chris  Demeule.  Danny  Moms,  Aaron 
Dem,  Courtney  Dias.  Andrea  Donnelly,  Jesse 
Morris,  Jena  Francis,  Savannah  Pacheco,  Jessica 
Francis,  Jonathan  Santos,  Victoria  Gagne,  Marissa 
Surgens  and  Kayla  Tonucci. 

Keystone  Club 

Advisor:  Mimi  Larrivee;  Junior  Advisor: 
President:  Angela  Ramunno;  Vice-president:  Zi 
Somers  Secretary:  Kasey  Edge;  Treasurer: 
Amber  Giilet. 

Nicole  Astle.  Kim  Carvalho,  Danny  Folger. 
Jordan  Gagne,  Tyler  Lafrance,  Erica  Looker, 
Brittany  Lauzon,  Nicole  Montori,  Deandre 
Moreland,  Forrest  Russell  and  Raheem 
Stephenson. 


Youth  of 
the  year 

Angela  Ramunno.  center,  was 
recently  awarded  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  Youth  of  the  Year  award, 
and  also  received  the  Abe 
White  $2,000  scholarship, 
donated  by  Manny  Papoula.  • 
She  is  flanked  by  her  parents. 
David  and  Donna,  at  the  club  s 
annual  awards  dinner 

Herald  News  Photo  by  DA  VE  SOUZA 


The  Herald  News,  Wednesday,  May  26,  2004 


Athletes  of  the  Week 


Week  of  May  16-22 

Honorable  Mention 


Baseball 

Joe  Arruda  (NE  Christian)  — 
Arruda  collected  three  hits,  including  a 
home  run,  and  three  RBIs  in  the  Lions' 
win  over  St.  Thomas  Moore. 

Erik  Beaudoin  (Durfee)  — 
Beaudoin  had  two  hits  and  two  RBIs  in 
his  club's  win  over  Somerset. 

Jon  Beaupre  (Tiverton)  — 
Beaupre  collected  three  hits  in  a  win 
over  Our  Lady  ot  Fatima  and  three  hits 
and  two  RBIs  m  a  loss  vs.  Somerset. 

Garrett  Bernier  (Westport)  — 
Bernier  had  three  hits  and  two  RBIs  in 
a  win  over  Holbrook  and  three  hits  and 
live  RBIs  in  a  win  overTri  County. 

Kolby  Boff  (Dight.-Reh.)  —  Boft 
had  three  hits  in  his  club's  10-innlng 
loss  to  Diman. 

Scott  Borges  (Westport)  —  Borges 
lired  a  three-hit  shutout  (9  Ks)  in  the 
Wildcats'  win  over  Sacred  Heart. 

Tim  Boyce  (Case)  —  Boyce  drilled 
three  hits  and  knocked  In  live  runs  in 
his  club's  South  Coast  Conference 
title-clinching  win  over  GN8  Voc-Tech. 

Tyler  Bullock  (Durfee)  —  The 
Hilltoppers'  designated  hitler  enjoyed 
his  second  straight  big  game,  finishing 
3-for4  with  five  RBIs  in  his  club's  win 
over  Bishop  Feehan. 

Reid  Burns  (Westport)  —  Burns 
had  three  hits  and  a  RBI  in  the 
Wildcats'  win  over  Holbrook 

Dan  Coury  (Durfee)  —  Coury  col¬ 
lected  three  hits,  including  a  triple, 
three  RBIs  and  two  runs  scored  in  his 
club's  win  over  Somerset  and  two  hits 
in  a  win  over  Taunton, 

Wil  Henrlques  (NE  Christian)  - 
Henriques  shut  down  St.  Thomas 
Moore  on  just  four  hits  In  the  Lions'  vic¬ 
tory.  He  had  two  hits  In  a  follow-up  win 
over  Barrington. 

Josh  Houde  (Westport)  —  Houde 
collected  lour  hits  and  lour  RBIs  in  a  win 
aver  Holbrook.  In  a  win  overTri  County, 
le  spun  a  stingy  4-hltter.  He  also  had 
wo  hits  in  a  win  over  Sacred  Heart 

Chris  Kenyon  (Case)  —  Kenyon 

hioneri  m  * 


Seana  Golden  (B.  Stang) 
Golden  scattered  tour  enemy  hits,  strik¬ 
ing  out  13,  in  the  Spartans  win  over 
Tiverton. 

Ali  LeBlanc  (Somerset)  —  LeBlanc 
continued  her  torrid  hitting,  collecting 
three  more  hits,  including  two  doubles, 
knocking  in  two  runs  in  the  Raiders'  win 
over  Durfee. 

Nicole  Pedro  (Diman)  —  Pedro  fin¬ 
ished  with  a  pair  ot  hits  and  two  RBIs  in 
the  Bengals'  win  over  Westport  and 
added  two  more  hits  and  four  RBIs  in  a 
follow-up  win  over  GNB  Voc-Tech. 

Courtney  Ponte  (B.  Connolly)  — 
Ponte  finished  with  three  hits  in  the 
Cougars'  loss  to  Bishop  Feehan, 

Jen  Puccini  (Dight.-Reh.) 
Puccini  finished  with  four  hits,  Including 
a  home  run,  in  her  club's  conquest  of 
Fairhaven.  She  had  two  more  and  two 
RBIs,  In  a  win  over  Bishop  feehan 

Angela  Ramunno  (Westport)  — 
Ramunno  cracked  three  hits  In  her 
club's  win  over  Seekonk  and  had  two 
more  in  a  win  over  Dartmouth. 

Justyne  Roy  (Dight.-Reh.)  -  Roy 
cracked  lour  hits,  including  a  triple  and 
a  double,  and  scored  twice  in  her  club's 
win  over  Fairhaven,  In  the  rematch  the 
next  day,  she  picked  up  two  more  hits 
in  the  Falcons'  win. 

Eliza  Royds  (NE  Christian)  — 
Royds  contributed  three  hits  in  the 
Lions'  victory  over  Fenway. 

Courtney  Sine  (Dight.-Reh.) 
Sine  went  2-for-3  with  three  RBIs  In  her 
club’s  win  over  Fairhaven.  She  had 
three  hits  in  a  win  over  Bishop  Feehan. 

Jessica  Soares  (Dlman)  —  Soares 
followed  up  a  one-hit  shutout  (7  Ks)  of 
Westport  with  a  no-hit  performance  ( 1 1 
Ks)  in  her  club's  win  vs.  GNB  Voc-Tech, 
She  had  also  had  two  hits  in  the  win 
over  Westport.  She  finished  with  two 
hits  and  picked  up  two  more  wins  on 
the  hill  in  her  club's  conquests  of  Blur 
Hills  and  Fairhaven. 


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Camp  Welch:  The  ClldleSS  summer  camp 
providing  activities  for  kids  since  1882 


By  JACK  CONWAY 
Gazette  Staff  Writer 

Tucked  away  in  the  woods  of  Freetown,  on 
35  acres  of  former  farmland,  lies  a  hid¬ 
den  jewel  —  Camp  Welch  —  a  Fall  River 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  summer  camp.  The 
camp  is  located  off  Exit  10,  heading  south 
on  Route  24  in  Freetown. 

According  to  Peter  McCarthy,  who  has  been  with 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  for  the  past  30  years,  said 
Camp  Welch  is  the  oldest  Boys  and  Girls  canp  in 
the  nation.  McCarthy  is  executive  director  of  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  and  the  camp’s  director. 

“The  camp  was  started  in  1882  or  thereabouts," 
McCarthy  said. 

It  was  started  by  the  first  Fall  River  Boys  Club 
director,  Thomas  Chew,  who  was,  according  to 
McCarthy,  “a  great  innovator." 

The  camp  accommodates  400  children  during  its 
day  session,  and  according  to  McCarthy,  serves 
more  than  80  children  from  the  Greater  Taunton, 
Berkley  and  Dighton  areas. 

The  camp  runs  from  6:30  a.m.  to  5:30  p.m.  dur¬ 
ing  the  week  for  the  day  campers. 

There  are  also  100  children  who  take  advantage 
of  the  camps  four-week  sleepover  program. 

The  age  group  of  campers  is  6-  to  14-years  old. 
“We  have  a  two-week  overnight  camp  for  boys 
and  two  weeks  for  the  girls,”  McCarthy  said. 

►  CAMP,  Page  D3 


Gazelle  photos  by  PAUL  ROBINSON 

TOP  PHOTOS:  Seth  Ramos,  14,  a  summer  camper  at 
Camp  Welch  in  Freetown,  puts  on  his  splash-down  face  just 
before  he  canon  balls  and  doses  his  eyes 
as  he  hits  the  water  in  the  camp's  swimming  pool. 
ABOVE:  Kelsey  Oliveira,  7,  of  Fall  River,  enjoys  a  game 
of  jump  rope  with  camp  mates 
under  the  watchful  eye  of  a  camp  counselor. 
RIGHT:  Frank  Stephenson,  of  Fall  River, 
a  camp  counselor,  spins  a  dodge  ball 
during  the  daily  camp-wide  meeting. 

ivUxt 


Boys  and  Girls  Club 
to  hold  family  day 

ASSONET  —  Alumni,  fami 
ly.  friends  and  members  of  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  are 
Invited  to  attend  a  family  day 
from  10  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  Saturday, 
July  31.  at  Camp  Welch. 

Activities  include  swim¬ 
ming,  crafts,  live  music,  games, 
a  raffle  and  a  slide  show.  Hoi 
dugs,  hamburgers  and  other  pic¬ 
nic  food  will  be  available. 

The  cost  Is  $10  per  carload. 
Members  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  Alumni  Association  are 
admitted  free.  For  more  infor- 
mation,  call  Perry  Lewis  at  508- 

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Camp:  Summertime  activities  keep  kids  out  of  trouble 


From  Page  D1 

“We  are  one  of  the  few 
remaining  camps  that  offer 
a  sleepover,"  he  said. 

During  the  sleepovers, 
which  run  from  Sunday  to 
Friday,  nine  children  are 
paired  with  one  camp  coun¬ 
selor  who  sleep  together  in 
one  of  the  many  squat, 
cedar-shingled  cottages  nes¬ 
tled  among  the  pine  trees 
that  dot  the  landscape  at 
the  camp. 

The  camp  runs  from  the 
time  the  school  year  ends  in 
the  summer  until  classes 
resume  in  the  fall.  This  year 
the  camp  is  running  for  11 
weeks. 

The  club  also  runs  anoth¬ 
er  daily  summer  camp  at 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  on 
Bedford  Street  in  Fall  River 
for  150  children,  who  visit 
the  Bedford  Street  location 
for  camp-style  activities. 

“The  children  come  from 
all  over  the  greater  south¬ 
eastern  and  Fall  River 
areas,"  McCarthy  said. 

Welch  Camp  counselors 
are  generally  college  stu¬ 
dents  from  the  area  who 
grew  up  coming  to  Camp 
Welch  themselves. 

“Our  turnover  rate  at  the 
camp  is  very  low.  Kids  keep 
coming  back  as  campers  and 
then  as  camp  counselors,” 
McCarthy  said. 

“I  get  to  know  all  the  kids 
on  a  first  name  basis,”  Adam 
Coderre,  a  camp  counselor 
and  life  guard  said. 

Coderre,  from  Taunton, 
has  worked  at  the  camp  for 
five  years. 

According  to  the  21-year- 
old  University  of  Massachu¬ 
setts  Dartmouth  senior,  he 
enjoys  working  at  the  camp 
because  the  children  are 
given  “free  range." 

“We  don’t  force  kids  to 
participate  in  any  activity. 
We  let  them  chose  what 
things  they  want  to  do,”  he 
said. 

Camp  counselor  and  life 
guard  Emily  Barboza  of  Fall 
River  has  been  coming  to 
Camp  Welch  since  she  was  6 
years  old.  The  19-year-old 
Bristol  Community  College 
sophomore  began  coming  as 
a  camper  and  has  been 
working  at  the  camp  for  the 
past  5  years. 

“I  love  the  kids,  and  I  love 


the  environment  here,"  Bar¬ 
boza  said. 

“1  grew  up  here  and  I  love 
what  I  do."  she  said. 

According  to  McCarthy, 
the  300  acres  of  farmland 
that  Camp  Welch  is  located 
on  originally  belonged  to 
Ebineezer  Dean  of  Free¬ 
town.  who  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  and  was 
given  the  tract  of  farmland 
for  his  service. 

Dean  had  no  heirs  and 
offered  the  300  acres  to  the 
Fall  River  Boys  Club  as  a 
fdff- 

“I  have  read  minutes 
from  the  meetings  during 
this  period  where  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  club  were 
actually  debating  whether 
to  take  the  gift."  McCarthy 
said. 

The  summer  camp  began 
as  a  working  farm  where 
children  would  come  during 
the  summer  and  work  on 
the  farm  —  milking  cows, 
cutting  hay,  growing  gar¬ 
dens  and  taking  care  of  live¬ 
stock. 

Over  the  years,  it  evolved 
into  the  recreational  day 
and  night  camp  it  is  today. 

The  camp  is  named  for 
the  second  executive  direc¬ 
tor  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club,  Tom  Welch. 

“He  contributed  so  much 
to  the  club,  and  the  camp 
that  the  board  of  directors 
wanted  to  do  something  to 
honor  him.  so  they  named 
the  camp  after  him,” 
McCarthy  said. 

The  camp  as  it  stands 
today  was  built  in  the  1950s 
by  the  Seabees. 

The  construction  includ¬ 
ed  the  15  buildings  on  the 
camp  site,  including  the 
main  hall,  where  indoor 
activities  are  held  and  a 
huge  dining  hall  where, 
according  to  McCarthy,  the 
children  and  staff  eat  in 
shifts. 

According  to  McCarthy, 
the  camp  has  two  of  every¬ 
thing:  Two  swimming  pools, 
two  basketball’  courts,  two 
craft  centers,  two  baseball 
fields,  two  soccer  fields  and 
two  volleyball  courts. 

The  sea  of  weathered  pic¬ 
nic  tables  at  the  camp  were 
built  by  vocational  educa¬ 
tion  students. 

“We  have  two  Olympic- 


02  Thursday.  August  5,  2004 


Camp  Welch  Activities 
Director  Kevin  Vorro, 
of  Fall  River,  goes  over 
some  last  minute 
announcements  during 
the  daily  campers 
meeting,  right. 
Below,  playing  on  the 
swings  is  a  popular 
activity  for  the  campers  at 
the  summer  camp. 

Gazette  photo  by  PAUL  ROBINSON 


sized  swimming  pools.  One 
is  a  wading  pool  only  30 
inches  deep  for  beginning 
swimmers,”  he  said. 

The  larger  pool  has  slides 
and  diving  boards  and  sits 
beside  the  wading  pool. 

“Teaching  children  to 
swim  and  swimming  is  a 
highlight  of  the  camp,” 
McCarthy  said. 

According  to  McCarthy, 
the  children  are  not  allowed 
to  leave  the  wading  pool 
until  they  have  learned  how 
to  swim. 

“It  is  an  encouragement 
for  the  kids  to  see  the  other 
kids  using  the  slide  and  the 
diving  board,  so  they  want *  1 
to  learn  to  swim  so  they  can 
use  the  deeper  pool,”  he 
said. 

“We  are  a  real  melting 
pot,”  he  said.  “Our  campers 


and  our  staff  reflect  the 
region.” 

Camp  activities  for  the 
older  campers  are  not  regi¬ 
mented,  McCarthy  said. 

“Campers  can  choose 
what  activity  they  want  to 
get  involved  in,”  he  said. 
“This  helps  them  become 
more  responsible  by  having 
to  make  choices  whether  to 
play  basketball  or  baseball 
or  go  swimming.” 

For  the  younger  children, 
ages  6,  7  and  8,  the  camp 


offers  regimented  activities 
so  that  they  get  a  chance  to 
participate  in  all  the  camp’s 
activities. 

“The  number  one  priority 
is  the  safety  of  the  children 
we  serve,”  McCarthy  said. 

“We  want  to  have  the 
children  learn  to  swim  and 
to  make  new  friends,  but 
safety  is  our  priority,”  he 
said. 

“I  encourage  parents  to 
come  down  and  see  the 
camp  and  visit  with  their 
children  anytime.  Just  drop 
in,”  he  said. 

According  to  McCarthy, 
despite  the  fact  that  the 
location  of  the  camp  is  hid¬ 
den  away,  it’s  reputation  as 
a  top  camp  isn’t. 

The  camp  holds  a  one-day 
registration  in  April  and  in 
one  day  all  the  campers’ 
slots  are  filled. 

“People  line  up  for  two 
blocks  on  the  day  of  regis¬ 
tration,  and  we  sign  up 


more  than  800  campers,” 
McCarthy  said.  “We  don’t 
even  have  a  waiting  list 
because  we  are  filled  to 
capacity.” 

Heading  down  the  nar¬ 
row  pine-covered  entrance, 
walking  among  the  identi¬ 
cal,  cedar-shingled  cabins, 
pausing  at  the  weathered 
picnic  tables,  wandering  in 
among  the  huge  pine  trees 
pass  the  darkened  charcoal 
of  a  bonfire,  is  like  stepping 
back  in  time  for  anyone  who 
has  been  a  summer  camper. 

But  most  of  all,  it  is  the 
sounds  of  children  —  laugh¬ 
ing  and  playing  at  Camp 
Welch  that  bring  back  all 
the  wonderful  fond  memo¬ 
ries  of  being  a  child  again  in 
nature,  enjoying  what 
seems  like  an  endless  sum¬ 
mer  of  camping. 

“We  planted  all  these 
trees.  Me  and  my  boss  and 
the  staff,”  McCarthy  said 
proudly. 


SUMMER  FUN 


Kids  love  it  at 
Camp  Welch 

LIFE 

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co-chairman  of  the  golf  tournament;  Jeff  Hopkins,  Chairman  of  Trustees;  Peter  McCarthy,  Boys  and  Girls  Club  director,  and  Ray 
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FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  announced  the  top  finishers 
of  its  recently  contested  Summer  Olympics: 

Long  jump 

Girls  8-9:  Zharia  Crawford,  Lyanda  Merkt. 

Boys  8-9:  Hayden  Tavares,  Tyler  Menezes, 
Robert  Ponte. 

Girls  10-11:  Nicole  Dowling,  Kendra 
Carvalho.  Julia  Atkins. 

Boys  10-11:  Cory  Albernaz,  Jared  Iannucci 
Alex  Cotto. 

Girls  12-and-older:  Cassandra  Tremblay 
Chelsea  Tavares. 

Boys  12-and-older:  Brendan  Johnson 
Joseph  Helger,  Cory  Lupachini. 

Sprints 

8-9:  1st  -  Louis  DuBois,  Craig  Texeira  and 
Vanessa  Robidoux;  2nd  Hayden  Tavares.  Kiara 
Torres  and  Robert  Ponte:  3rd  -  Evan  Caban. 


Tyler  Menezes  and  Lyanda  Merkt. 

10-12:  1st  Julia  Atkins.  Alex  Cotto  and 
Dana  Oliver;  2nd  Kendra  Carvalho;  3rd  - 
Karina  Torres. 

12  &  older:  1st  -  Joseph  Helger  and  Chelsea 
Tavares;  2nd  Evangeline  Edwards  and 
Brendan  Johnson;  3rd  -  Bill  Lynn  third. 

Shot  Put 

Girls  8-9:  1.  Lyanda  Merkt.  2.  Vanessa 
Robidoux,  3.  Kiara  Torres. 

Boys  8-9:  1.  Hayden  Tavares,  2.  Tyler 
Menezes.  3.  Evan  Caban. 

Girls  10-11:  1.  Julia  Atkins.  2.  Lakeya 
Almeida.  3.  Kendra  Carvalho. 

Boys  10-11 : 1.  Cory  Albernaz.  2.  Jason  Mello, 
3.  Brent  Wald. 

12-older:  1.  Bill  Lynn,  2.  Cory  Lupachini.  3. 
Jonathon  Carvalho. 


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FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  has  announced  the  top  finishers 
from  its  recent  obstacle  course  competition. 

Girls  age  8-9.  Vanessa  Robidoux.  Lyanda  Merkt; 
boys  8-9,  Hayden  Tavares.  Craig  Texeira.  Tyler 
Menezes. 

Girls  10-11,  Kendra  Carvalho.  Nicole  Downing; 
boys  10-11.  Kory  Correia,  Vinny  Almeida.  Cory 

I  Albernaz. 

Boys  12  and  older.  Jeremy  Messenger.  Brendan 
Johnson.  Cory  Lupachini. 


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FREETOWN  —  Tucked  away  in  the  woods  of 
Freetown,  on  35  acres  of  former  farmland,  lies  a  hidden 
jewel:  Camp  Welch,  a  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
summer  camp. 

According  to  Peter  McCarthy,  who  has  been  with  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  for  the  past  30  years.  Camp  Welch  is 
the  oldest  Boys  and  Girls  Club  camp  in  the  nation. 
McCarthy  is  executive  director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  and  the  camp's  director. 

"The  camp  was  started  in  1882  or  thereabouts,” 
McCarthy  said.  It  was  started  by  the  first  Fall  River 
Boy's  Club  director.  Thomas  Chew,  who  was,  according 
to  McCarthy,  "a  great  innovator." 

The  camp  accommodates  400  children  during  its  day 
session  and.  according  to  McCarthy,  serves  more  than 
80  children  from  the  Taunton.  Berkley  and  Dighton 
areas.  The  camp  runs  from  6:30  a.m.  to  5:30  p.m.  during 
the  week  for  the  day  campers. 

There  are  also  100  children  who  take  advantage  of  the 
camp’s  four-week  sleepover  program.  The  campers 
range  in  age  from  6  to  14. 

“We  have  a  two-week  overnight  camp  for  boys  and 
two  weeks  for  the  girls.”  McCarthy  said.  "We  are  one  of 
the  few  remaining  camps  that  offer  a  sleepover." 

During  the  sleepovers,  which  run  from  Sunday  to 
Friday,  nine  children  are  paired  with  one  camp  coun¬ 
selor.  They  sleep  in  one  of  the  many  squat,  cedar-shin¬ 
gled  cottages  nestled  among  the  pine  trees  that  dot  the 
landscape  at  the  camp. 

The  camp  runs  from  the  time  the  school  year  ends  in 
the  summer  until  classes  resume  in  the  fall.  This  year 
the  camp  is  running  for  11  weeks. 

The  club  also  runs  another  daily  summer  camp  at  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  on  Bedford  Street  in  Fall  River  for 
150  children  who  stay  there  for  camp  activities. 

“The  children  come  from  all  over  the  Greater  southeast¬ 
ern  Massachusetts  and  Fall  River  area."  McCarthy  said. 

The  camp  counselors  are  mostly  area  college  stu¬ 
dents  who  grew  up  coming  to  Camp  Welch  themselves. 

"Our  turnover  rate  at  the  camp  is  very  low.  Kids 
keep  coming  back  as  campers  and  then  as  camp  coun¬ 
selors.”  McCarthy  said. 

"I  get  to  know  all  the  kids  on  a  first-name  basis,” 
Adam  Coderre,  a  camp  counselor  and  lifeguard,  said. 

Coderre,  from  Taunton,  has  worked  at  the  camp  for 
five  years.  The  21-year-old  University  of  Massachusetts 
Dartmouth  senior  enjoys  working  at  the  camp  because 
the  children  are  given  "free  range." 

"We  don't  force  kids  to  participate  in  any  activity. 
We  let  them  chose  what  things  they  want  to  do,"  he  said. 

Camp  counselor  and  lifeguard  Emily  Barboza  of  Fall 
River  has  been  coming  to  Camp  Welch  since  she  was  6 
years  old.  The  19-year-old  Bristol  Community  College 
sophomore  began  coming  as  a  camper  and  has  been 
working  at  the  camp  for  the  past  five  years. 

“I  love  the  kids  and  I  love  the  environment  here," 
Barboza  said.  "I  grew  up  here  and  I  love  what  I  do." 
she  said. 

►  Turn  to  FUN,  Page  D5 


Journal  Register  News  Service  Photos 

Seth  Ramos,  14,  a  summer  camper  at  Camp  Welch  in  Freetown,  puts  on  his  splash-down  face  just  before  he 
cannonballs  in  one  of  the  camp's  Olympic-sized  swimming  pools.  Below,  Kelsey  Oliveira.  7,  of  Fall  River,  enjoys 
a  game  of  jump  rope  with  camp  mates  under  the  watchful  eye  of  a  camp  counselor. 


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Frank  Stephenson,  of  Fall  River,  a  camp  counselor,  spins  a  dodge 
ball  during  the  daily  camp-wide  meeting  at  Camp  Welch. 


Fun:  Camp  Welch  a 
jewel  in  Freetown  forest 


From  Page  D1 

According  to  McCarthy,  the 
300  acres  of  farmland  that  Camp 
Welch  is  located  on  originally 
belonged  to  Ebineezer  Dean  of 
Freetown,  who  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  and  was 
given  the  tract  of  farmland  for 
his  service. 

Dean  had  no  heirs  and  offered 
the  300  acres  to  the  Fall  River 
Boys  Club  as  a  gift. 

"I  have  read  minutes  from  the 
meetings  during  this  period 
where  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  club  were  actually  debating 
whether  to  take  the  gift," 
McCarthy  said. 

The  summer  camp  began  as  a 
working  farm  where  children 
would  come  during  the  summer 
and  work  on  the  farm  —  milking 
cows,  cutting  hay.  growing  gar¬ 
dens  and  taking  care  oflivestock. 

Over  the  years  it  evolved  into 
the  recreational  day  and  night 
camp  it  is  today. 

The  camp  is  named  for  the 
second  executive  director  of  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  Tom  Welch. 
"He  contributed  so  much  to  the 
club  and  the  camp  that  the  board 
of  directors  wanted  to  do  some¬ 
thing  to  honor  him.  so  they 
named  the  camp  after  him," 
McCarthy  said. 

The  camp  as  it  stands  today 
was  built  in  the  1950s  by  the 
Navy  Seabees. 

The  construction  included  the 
15  buildings  on  the  camp  site, 
including  the  main  hall  where 
indoor  activities  are  held  and  a 
huge  dining  hall  where,  accord¬ 
ing  to  McCarthy,  the  children 
and  staff  eat  in  shifts. 

According  to  McCarthy,  the 
camp  has  two  of  everything:  Two 
swimming  pools,  two  basketball 
courts,  two  craft  centers,  two 
baseball  fields,  two  soccer  fields 
and  two  volleyball  courts. 

The  weathered  picnic  tables  at 
the  camp  were  built  by  vocation¬ 
al  education  students. 

"We  have  two  Olympic-sized 
swimming  pools.  One  is  a  wading 
pool  only  30  inches  deep  for 
beginning  swimmers."  he  said. 
The  larger  pool  has  slides  and 
diving  boards  and  sits  beside  the 
wading  pool. 

"Teaching  children  to  swim 
and  swimming  is  a  highlight  of 
the  camp.”  McCarthy  said. 
According  to  McCarthy,  the  chil¬ 
dren  are  not  allowed  to  graduate 


from  using  the  wading  pool  until 
they  have  learned  how  to  swim. 

"It  is  an  encouragement  for 
the  kids  to  see  the  other  kids 
using  the  slide  and  the  diving 
board,  so  they  want  to  learn  to 
swim  so  they  can  use  the  deeper 
pool."  he  said. 

“We  are  a  real  melting  pot." 
he  said.  "Our  campers  and  our 
staff  reflect  the  region." 

Camp  activities  for  the  older 
campers  are  not  regimented. 
McCarthy  said. 

"Campers  can  choose  what 
activity  they  want  to  get  involved 
in."  he  said.  "This  helps  them 
become  more  responsible  by  hav 
ing  to  make  choices  whether  to 
play  basketball  or  baseball  or  go 
swimming." 

For  the  younger  children, 
ages  6.  7  and  8,  the  camp  offers 
regimented  activities  so  that  they 
get  a  chance  to  participate  in  all 
the  camp’s  activities. 

"The  No.  1  priority  is  the  safe¬ 
ty  of  the  children  we  serve," 
McCarthy  said.  “We  want  to  have 
the  children  learn  to  swim  and  to 
make  new  friends,  but  safety  is 
our  priority." 

“I  encourage  parents  to  come 
down  and  see  the  camp  and  visit 
with  their  children  anytime.  Just 
drop  in,"  he  said. 

According  to  McCarthy, 
though  the  location  of  the  camp 
is  hidden  away,  its  reputation  as 
a  top  camp  isn't. 

The  camp  holds  a  one-day  reg¬ 
istration  in  April  and  in  one  day 
all  the  camper  slots  are  filled. 

“People  line  up  for  two  blocks 
on  the  day  of  registration  and  we 
signed  up  more  than  800 
campers,"  McCarthy  said.  "We 
don't  even  have  a  waiting  list 
because  we  are  filled  to  capacity." 

Heading  down  the  narrow 
pine-covered  entrance,  walking 
among  the  squat,  identical,  cedar- 
shingled  cabins,  pausing  at  the 
weathered  picnic  tables,  wander¬ 
ing  in  among  the  huge  pine  trees 
pass  the  darkened  charcoal  of  a 
bonfire  is  like  stepping  back  in 
time  for  anyone  who  has  been  a 
summer  camper  themselves. 

But  most  of  all.  it  is  the 
sounds  of  children  —  laughing 
and  playing  there  at  Camp  Welch 
—  that  bring  back  all  the  fond 
.memories  of  being  a  child  again 
in  nature,  enjoying  what  seems 
like  an  endless  summer  of  camp¬ 
ing. 

“We  planted  all  these  trees. 


Doctor’s  family  aids  Boys  and  Girls  Club  fund  raising 


By  DANIEL  FOWLER 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  In  an  effort  to  raise 
the  remaining  funds' necessary  for  the 
construction  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  Teen 
Center,  club  officials  and  the  family  of 
.  the  late  Dr.  John  Delaney,  who  was  a 
prominent  city  pediatrician,  have 
joined  forces. 

"We  are  providing  an  opportunity 
for  those  who  knew  and  admired  him  to 
Show  their  respects  by  donating."  said 
Perry  Lewis,  director  of  development 
for  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club.  “This  is 
the  Dr.  Delaney  Memorial  Campaign." 


According  to  Lewis,  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  is  more  than  half  way  to  the 
roughly  S3  million  dollars  needed  to 
build  the  Teen  Center,  and  both  the 
Delaney  family  and  club's  board  mem¬ 
bers  said  having  the  doctor's  name 
associated  with  the  fund-raising  cam¬ 
paign  would  broaden  the  outreach  to 
the  community. 

“This  is  an  idea  that  we  basically  all 
realized,  including  the  Delaney  family, 
that  in  the  same  way  Dr.  Delaney  served 
the  children  in  this  community  for 
decades,  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  has 
been  serving  the  children  in  the  commu¬ 
nity  for  over  a  century,”  Lewis  said. 

Delaney,  who  died  in  August  2001, 


was  one  of  the  founders  of  Pediatric 
Associates  of  Fall  River. 

Though  Delaney  had  no  official  ties 
to  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  his  wife. 
Marion,  said  in  a  letter  soliciting  dona¬ 
tions  from  community  members  that 
there  was  nevertheless  a  connection 
between  the  club  and  her  husband. 

"For  more  than  35  years,  my  late 
husband  John  A.  Delaney's  professional 
goal  was  to  provide  the  best  possible 
health  care  to  the  children  of  Fall 
River,"  Marion  Delaney  said. 

“He  was  available  evenings,  week¬ 
ends  and  even  many  holidays  so  that  he 
could  give  young  people  the  care  and 
attention  they  deserved.  In  the  same 


way.  and  with  many  of  the  same  goals, 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  opens  its  doors  to  more  than 
2.000  members  from  the  Greater  Fall 
River  area." 

Money  for  the  project  has  come  from 
government  grants,  contributions  and 
fund  raising. 

Construction  of  the  new  Teen  Center 
has  already  been  under  way  for  more 
than  a  year. 

"We  have  taken  a  jump  of  faith  and 
committed  ourselves  to  getting  the  funds 
and  started  the  (construction)  before  all 
the  funds  are  raised,”  Lewis  said.  "We 
are  hoping  to  be  open  by  November." 

The  12,000-square-foot  youth  center 


will  be  attached  to  the  existing  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  building  at  803  Bedford 
St.  and  allow  the  club  to  significantly 
expand  programs  for  children  and  ado¬ 
lescents. 

Within  the  new  Teen  Center  will  be 
a  memorial  for  Delaney. 

For  more  information  about  donat¬ 
ing  to  the  John  Delaney  Memorial 
Fund  to  support  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club's  new  Teen  Center,  contact  the 
club  at  508-672-6340.  Donations  can  be 
sent  to  the  club  at  P.O.  Box  5155.  Fall 
River,  MA  02723. 

Daniel  Fowler  may  be  reached  at 
dfowler<3)hera  Idnews.  com. 


ws,  Tuesday,  August  17,  2004 


.  Briefs 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  race 

FALL  RIVER  The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  has  announced  the  winners  of  its 
distance  races  in  its  Summer  Olympics. 

Age  8-9:  Tyler  Menezos  and  Robert  Ponte  took 
first  place.  Hayden  Tavares  was  second  and  Kraig 
Texeiru  third 

Age  10-11:  Cory  Alboma/,  Alex  Cotto  and  Kiara 
Torres  were  the  winners.  Lakey. i  Almeida,  Cory 
Correia  and  Brondon  Johnson  took  the  silvers  and 
Jamie  Furtado  placed  third. 

Age  12  and  older:  Joseph  Helger  and  Knso> 
Trombly  won  the  gold  while  Bill  Lynn  was  second. 


6  Thursday,  August  5,  2004 


AUSTIN  PICARD,  7, 

above,  enjoys  a 
refrshing  dip  in  the 
pool. 

SAVANNAH 
PACHECO.  7,  right, 
i  purchases  candy  from 
Katelyn  Higson,  12, 
and  Ashley  Reis.  16, 
during  a  snack  break. 

CHRIS  CARON.  10, 

below,  sends  one 
to  the  stands  while 
catcher  Jeremy 
Crossley.  12,  looks 
on. 


The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


Photos  by 
RICK  SNIZEK/ 

Fall  River  Spirit 

DILLON 
BRYANT,  11, 

above,  bites 
into  a  double- 
decker 

sandwich  while 
pals  Matt 
Magliocchetti. 
9,  center,  and 
Nolan  Atkins, 
12,  look  on. 

LARENZO 
TURNER,  6, 

left,  trium¬ 
phantly  sinks  a 
basket. 

JEFFREY 
RAMSDEN,  9. 

below,  whips 
up  a  peanut 
butter  and  jelly 
sandwich  while 
friend  Brendan 
Cabral,  10, 
watches. 


PETER 

MCCARTHY, 

right,  speaks  with 
day  campers  while 
pruning  trees  on 
the  grounds. 

CAMPERS, 

middle,  make 
smores  over  the 
open  fire. 


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Summer'«Remember 


ZACHARY  BORGES,  9,  top,  bites  into  a  freshly 
roasted  marshmallow  as  Peter  McCarthy  calls  the 
boys  together  for  a  spooky  story  around  the  campfire. 
Kris  Fisher,  12,  above,  launches  a  shot  into  the  air 
while  Jordan  Borges,  14,  and  Kevin  Vorro,  center, 
look  on. 


Children  have  a  chance  to  experience  the  great 
outdoors  at  Boys  &  Girls  Club’s  Camp  Welch 


By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

It  is  a  perfect  night 
for  a  ghost  story. 
With  a  nearly  full 
moon  rising  over¬ 
head,  flames  lick  at 
old  wooden  pallets,  dancing 
high  in  the  stone-encircled 
pit. 

Around  the  crackling  fire, 
roughly  50  campers  finish 
the  s’mores  they've  made 
over  the  fire  with  marsh¬ 
mallows,  chocolate  squares 
and  graham  crackers,  as  the 
storyteller  emerges  from  his 
cabin. 

For  Peter  McCarthy,  the 
scene  is  eerily  familiar.  For 
30  years,  McCarthy,  the 


executive  director  of  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  Riv¬ 
er,  has  been  involved  in  the 
club’s  Camp  Welsh  summer 
program  in  Assonet,  and 
for  many  of  those  years  has 
delighted  in  telling  spooky 
tales  to  youngsters  spending 
the  night.  Stories  such  as  the 
one  about  “Red  Eye,”  a  leg¬ 
endary  wolf  that  terrorizes 
campers  in  the  area,  are  sta¬ 
ples  of  the  classic  summer¬ 
time  camp-out.  McCarthy 
cleverly  hooks  his  audience, 
inserting  dramatic  pauses  at 
every  tense  twist  and  turn  of 
the  tale:  “Maybe  I  shouldn’t 
go  on  anymore,”  he  says,  but 

See  CAMP,  Page  7 


Packed 

Bank’s  school 
supply  drive 
helps  students 

SOMERSET  —  Mountains  of 
pencils,  notebooks,  markers, 
rulers  and  other  school  supplies 
poured  in  from  employees  and 
customers  of  Slade's  Ferry  Bank 
during  the  month  of  August  in 
response  to  the  bank’s  second 
annual  school  supply  drive. 


Somerset 


By  month’s  end,  enough  equip¬ 
ment  had  been  collected  to  abun¬ 
dantly  fill  220  backpacks  for 
deserving  children  who  attend  the 
Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  the 
Newman  YMCA  in  Seekonk  and 
the  New  Bedford  Boys  &  Girls 
Club. 

"We’re  grateful  to  all  who 
played  a  role  in  this  drive," 
said  Slade’s  Ferry  Bank  CEO 
Mary  Lynn  Lenz.  "Many  chil¬ 
dren  will  now  be  adequately 
prepared  to  succeed  this  acade¬ 
mic  year.  Collectively,  we’ve 
made  a  positive  impact  on  these 
children's  lives." 

Slade’s  Ferry  Bank  launched 
the  school  supply  collection  Aug.  2 
to  help  ensure  that  all  local  stu¬ 
dents  are  equipped  to  succeed  in 
the  upcoming  academic  year. 
Donations  were  made  at  10  bank 
branches,  sorted  and  packed  in 
backpacks  before  being  discreetly 
distributed  to  children  in  need. 


-  .  . 

for  academic  success 


Slade's  Ferry  Bank  employees  and  customers  brought  in  school  supplies  during  the  bank's  annual 
drive  in  August.  The  supplies  will  be  distributed  in  220  backpacks  to  area  children  in  need.  Bank 
employees  from  left  are  Chassity  Tavares,  research  assistant;  Ashley  Aguiar,  teller;  Mary  Lynn  Lenz. 
president  and  chief  executive  officer,  and  Jennifer  Perry,  teller. 


Contributing  partners 
Samsonite  Co.  Stores  and  the 
McLean  Children’s  Fund,  helped 
the  bank  purchase  Samsonite 
backpacks  that  were  packed  and 
dispersed  to  the  Fall  River  Boys  & 


Girls  Club,  the  Newman  YMCA 
and  the  New  Bedford  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  for  distribution  prior  to  the 
start  of  the  academic  year. 

The  school  supply  drive  is  a 
program  of  the  Slade's  Ferry’s 


education  initiative.  Targeting 
Education  and  Children,  that 
focuses  on  pilot  programs  and  cap¬ 
ital  campaigns  that  positively 
impact  the  educational  experience 
of  public  school  children. 


Boys  &  Girls’  Club  billiards  tourney 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Chew  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  recently  held  a  billiards  tournament. 

The  winners  and  runners-up  were  as  follows: 

I  Cadet  Division  -  Alejandro  Gracinni,  Jordan 
1  Margarida,  Eva  Moniz,  Karen  Ellison  and  Quanif 
Johnson. 

Junior  Division  -  Alex  Enos.  Joshua  Moniz, 
Jordan  Moniz  and  Marcio  Santos. 

Intermediates  -  Matt  Bouy,  Jose  Montanez. 
I  Mike  Bouv  and  Rolando  Velasquez. 

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The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River.  MA 


Thursday,  August  5,  2004  7 


Camp:  Children  enjoy  a  summer  to  remember 


CONTINUED  FROM  PAGE  1 

knowing  full  well  the  kids 
will  quickly  beg  to  hear  more 
of  the  story. 

Some  of  the  boys  later 
scratch  their  heads  as  they 
make  their  way  to  their  cab¬ 
ins  to  settle  in  for  the  short 
summer  night,  wondering  if 
“Red  Eye”  will  pay  a  visit  to 
their  camp  tonight. 

"For  a  lot  of  kids  this  is 
their  trip  to  Disneyland,  this 
is  their  summer  vacation, 
so  we  try  to  make  sure  they 
have  fun  here,"  says  McCar¬ 
thy,  who  also  serves  as  direc¬ 
tor  of  the  summer  camp. 

"We’re  trying  to  carry  on 
a  tradition,"  he  says.  "You  do 
a  few  things  that  are  always 
the  same.” 

Over  the  course  of  1 1 
weeks  each  summer,  the 
camp  has  been  an  oasis  for 
about  400  boys  and  girls 
each  day  from  Greater  Fall 
River.  The  oldest  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  camp  in  the  nation, 
Camp  Welsh,  situated  on 
nearly  150  acres  of  wooded 
land,  was  given  to  the  local 
chapter  of  the  organization 
in  the  1880s. 

In  colonial  times  certain 
tracts  of  land  were  parceled 
out  to  individuals  as  a  re¬ 
ward  for  services  performed 
during  the  Revolutionary 
War.  In  the  late  19th  century, 
Ebeneezer  Dean  donated 
a  substantial  portion  of  his 
land  to  Thomas  Chew,  who 
had  recently  formed  the 
local  chapter  of  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  on  Anawan  Street 
in  Fall  River.  For  the  first  few 
years,  the  land  was  used  as 
a  working  farm.  Then,  the 
space  was  used  to  house 
a  summer  camp  for  city 
youths. 

Pine  trees  now  tower  over 
the  cabins,  providing  much- 
needed  shade  during  activity 
times.  McCarthy  remembers 
planting  them  as  a  teenager 
along  with  his  boss,  Al  Cor- 


See  Page  6 
for  more  photos. 


reia. 

"My  first  job  was  here," 
says  McCarthy,  recalling 
how  his  career  with  the 
club  began.  "I  got  hired  as  a 
lifeguard  and  a  camp  coun¬ 
selor." 

Correia  saw  the  need  to 
create  shady  enclaves  on  and 
around  the  open  fields.  So, 
he  enlisted  the  help  of  Mc¬ 
Carthy  and  other  staff  mem¬ 
bers  to  transplant  some  pine 
trees  from  the  surrounding 
woods  and  purchase  others 
from  Bristol  County  Agri¬ 
cultural  School  to  plant  in 
orderly  rows  all  across  the 
sprawling  property.  Overall, 
McCarthy  estimates  that 
some  2,800  pine  trees  have 
been  planted  throughout  the 
property.  Although  he  and 
his  colleagues  didn't  fully 
appreciate  the  need  for  the 
difficult  task  back  then,  they 
credit  Correia’s  foresight  with 
making  the  camp  a  more 
comfortable  place  to  escape 
the  summer  sun. 

Peter  Daley  says  that 
working  as  a  counselor  at  the 
camp  has  been  an  incredible 
experience  for  him  over  the 
years. 

Tve  learned  probably 
more  here  than  the  kids," 
says  Daley,  21 ,  and  a  senior 
at  Providence  College. 

Daley  started  going  to  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  with  his  fa¬ 
ther  when  he  was  5  years  old. 
"I'd  splash  in  the  pool  while 
my  father  did  laps." 

Years  later,  Monica 
Tavares,  the  club's  aquatics 
director,  would  teach  him 
how  to  swim.  Today,  the  two, 
clad  in  red  swimsuits,  serve 
among  the  many  lifeguards 
stationed  around  the  giant 
inground  pool 

"It’s  a  hidden  treasure," 
Tavares  says  of  the  camp. 


Jordan  Gagne,  a  regular 
at  the  club,  has  been  coming 
to  the  summer  camp  for  the 
past  seven  years. 

"I  like  staying  overnight. 

1  get  to  get  away  from  my 
sister,”  he  jokes.  Plus  he  is 
able  to  enjoy  the  days  during 
which  he  can  participate  in  a 
wide  array  of  sporting  events 
offered. 

At  any  £ ( 
given 
time,  the 
400  kids 
particpat- 
ing  in  the 
day  camp, 
a  mixture 
of  boys 
and  girls 
ranging  in 


‘I 


age  from 
7  to  14, 
can  take  part  in  basketball, 
softball,  volleyball  or  board 
games,  or  enjoy  a  swim  in 
the  pool.  Counselors,  who 
routinely  work  with  many  of 
the  children  back  at  the  club, 
oversee  the  activities  and 
are  in  constant  communica¬ 
tion  with  each  other  via  the 
two-way  radios  they  all  carry. 
About  65  campers  and  15 
counselors  stay  on  overnight 
in  the  resident  camp. 

In  the  late  afternoon,  bus¬ 
es  take  many  of  the  campers 
back  to  the  club,  while  some 
parents  come  to  Camp  Welsh 
to  pick  up  their  children. 

“I  miss  him,"  says  Cindy 
Cavallaro  of  son  Mason 
Coombes.  Coombes,  11,  a 
student  at  Spencer  Borden 
School  is  away  from  home 
for  the  first  time.  Whenever 
she  has  picked  up  son  Colin, 
8,  a  day  camper,  she  has 
sneaked  in  a  brief  visit  with 
Mason. 

"Seeing  him  24/7  then 
seeing  him  15  minutes  a  day 
is  hard,  but  we’ve  actually 
had  some  great  talks,"  mom 
says. 

Khalil  Ayoud,  11,  a 
student  at  the  John  J. 


Doran  School,  is  still  feel¬ 
ing  pumped  up  after  be¬ 
ing  named  "Camper  of  the 
Week."  This  is  the  first  year 
that  he  has  particpated  in 
the  overnight  resident  camp. 

"It’s  fun,”  Khalil  says.  "I  get 
to  hang  out  with  my  friends 
and  play  baseball  and 
hockey  and  go  swimming." 

Jeremy 

love  working  ^n10  a 

student  at 
the  Atlantis 
Charter 
School, 
has  stayed 
overnight 
at  the  camp 
for  the  past 
two  years. 
He  feels 
it’s  a  good 


Lwith  kids.  You  get 
a  feeling  like  you  are 
making  a  difference.” 

ALICIA  FAIRING 


to  you,  they  copy  everything 
you  do,”  he  says  of  the  camp¬ 
ers.  Besides,  he  adds,  "What 
better  job  could  you  have 
than  playing  with  kids  every 
day." 

Mandy  Ducy,  20  ,  has 
been  involved  as  a  camper 
and  then  as  a  counselor  at 
Camp  Welsh  since  she  was 
seven  years  old. 

"I  was  one  of  the  littlest 
ones  here,"  she  recalls.  “I 
have  watched  a  lot  of  these 
kids  grow  up.  Some  of  them 
are  now  teenagers,  and  I  was 
watchingthem  when  they 
were  little.” 

Alicia  Fairing,  17,  a  soon- 
to-be  senior  at  Bishop  Con¬ 
nolly  High  School,  has  also 
been  involved  with  the  camp 


since  she  was  7. 

“I  love  working  with  ldds," 
she  says.  "You  get  a  feeling 
like  you  are  making  a  differ¬ 
ence." 

McCarthy  says  that 
through  the  generosity  of 
those  making  donations  over 
the  years,  the  club  has  been 
able  to  expand  and  improve 
the  camp.  Some  of  the  funds 
have  also  been  allocated  to 
providing  scholarships  to 
some  campers  whose  fami¬ 
lies  might  not  otherwise  be 
able  to  afford  to  send  them. 

"It’s  a  place  where  kids 
can  spend  good,  quality  time 
and  enjoy  themselves.  "The 
things  they  do  here  they’ll 
remember  for  the  rest  of 
their  lives." 


place  spend  some  time  over 
vacation,  especially  when 
both  parents  are  working  all 
summer.  "I  love  storytelling 
time,"  he  says. 

Shawn  Cabral,  10,  of 
Dartmouth,  and  Jeremy 
met  last  year  for  the  first 
time  during  summer  camp. 
"We’ve  been  friends  ever 
since,”  Shawn  says. 

Kevin  Vorro,  senior  pro¬ 
gram  director  at  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  and  at  camp,  and 
Mimi  Larrivee,  teen  direc¬ 
tor  at  the  club  and  program 
director  at  camp,  credit  the 
efforts  of  their  staff  with 
making  the  summer  program 
such  a  success.  "Without 
them,  we  just  wouldn't  be 
able  to  do  this,”  Larrivee  says 
of  the  dedication  of  the  staff. 

"Matt  is  one  of  the  very 
few  kids  who  was  a  two-time 
camper  of  the  year,"  Vorro 
says  of  Matt  Desrochers,  17, 
now  a  camp  counselor. 

Desrochers  says  that  he 
always  comes  back  to  work 
at  the  camp  every  year  be¬ 
cause  of  the  positive  impact 
he  can  have  on  kids  as  they 
are  growing  up. 

"They  definitely  look  up 


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The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


JANET  LAMONDE,  above, 
waits  to  jump  in. 

SWIMMERS,  right,  enjoy  a 
break  during  the  practice. 

SARAH  MEDEIROS,  below, 
stretches  in  her  flippers. 


Taking  th  t  plunge 

Fall  River  Flyers  swimming  practice  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  Fall  River 


Photos  by  MARK  DAVID  IAN/  Fall  River  Spirit  Special 


AMANDA  COUTURE,  above, 
gets  ready  to  jump  in. 

THE  SWIMMERS,  above 
left,  practice  at  the  Boy's  and 
Girl’s  Club. 

SARAH  MEDEIROS,  bottom 
left,  jumps  in. 

SIEDAH  HARRIS,  left,  puts 
on  her  goggles. 


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The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


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SPIRIT  SPECIAL  PHOTOS 
BY  MARK  DAVIDIAN 

CHLOE  PALMER,  above,  rests  after  a  race. 

DANNY  MORRIS  (AND  TWIN  BROTHER  JESSE  MORRIS) 

above  far  right,  wait  to  begin  a  race. 

VICTORIA  GAGNE,  right,  swims  the  crawl. 

MELYSSA  LOOKER,  below,  swims  the  butterfly. 


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FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  recently 
held  a  ping  pong  tournament  in  which 
Marcio  Santos  and  Jody  Souza  were  the 
winners. 

Santos  won  the  junior  division  and 
Souza  the  intermediates. 

Also  in  the  junior  division.  Jazmin 
Grace  finished  second,  followed  by  Austin 
Cabral,  Alex  Cunningham.  Damion 
Cunningham,  Jordan  Moniz.  Joshua 
Moniz  and  Alex  Pina. 

Sammy  Hernandez  was  runner-up  in  the 
intermediate  division. 


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1.  Willie  &  Nan  McDonald 

2.  Nancy  Jane  Duncan,  Colleen  Farrissey 

3.  Irene  Orlando  and  John  O’Neil 

4.  Jamie  Karam,  A1  Biszko 

5.  Holly  Bronhard,  Rollins  Overalls 

6.  Terry  McCormick,  Mark  Badway 

7.  Liz  Chacc,  Judge  John  O’Neil, 

Gerry  Mello 

8.  Bob  6c. Janice  Karam 

9.  Leila  Duncan,  Musa  Gumis, 

Rachael  Winship,  Leah  Winship 
and  JoAnne  O’Neil 

10.  John  Billings,  Priscilla  Brennan, 
Richard  Cardoza 


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11.  Steve  McGowan 

12.  Brad  6c  Andrea  Curtis 

13.  Maggie  Biszko,  Dale  Ferris 

14.  John  and  Polly  Feitclberg 

15.  Tiffany  Peay  8c  Jeff  Carpenter 

16.  Mary  6c  Mayor  Edward  Lambert 

17.  Bill  6c  Paula  Kaylor 

18.  Marcia  6c  David  Alves 

19.  Mary  Biltdiffe  ,  Annette  Mallen 


Support  grows  for  Boys  and  Girls  Club 

Construction  continues  on  the  new  addition  to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  in  Fall  River— but  the  building  is  not  the  only  thing  going  up.  Contributions  to 
the  project  are  also  increasing. 

The  new  teen  center  portion  of  the  addition  will  be  named  after  the  Rodgers  family,  in 
appreciation  of  a  major  gift  to  the  organization.  That  announcement  was  made  shortly 
after  the  Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Charitable  Foundation  increased  its  gift  to  a  total  of 
S250, 000— making  it  the  largest  single  gift  to  the  campaign. 

The  18,000  square  foot  addition  to  the  Bedford  Street  building  will  provide  much 
needed  space  to  the  city's  Boys  and  Girls  Club.  The  Rodgers  Teen  Center  is  expected  to 
open  in  January,  at  which  time  Stoico/FIRSTFED  lobby  will  also  be  dedicates. 


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A  recent  visit  to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  revealed  a  busy  after-school  haven.  Clockwise  from 
above:  Kwest  Oliver,  6,  gets  tickled  by  Lexus  Robinson,  also 
6.  Cassie  Benjamin  makes  a  shot  to  the  far  corner  pocket  as 
she  plays  billiards.  Jordan  Camara,  9,  left,  and  Jordan 
Margarita,  7,  play  Foosball.  Club  photographer  Aaron  Dern, 
1 0.  center,  views  his  work  on  the  club's  digital  camera  with  a 
critique  from  Vinney  Deckey,  left,  of  the  Direct  Care  staff, 
and  Mimi  Larrivee,  teen  director.  The  Fall  River  club  has 
2.600  members,  800  of  whom  are  teens.  It  is  planning  to 
unveil  an  18,000-square-foot  addition  in  January. 


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November  14,  2004 


City  focusing  on  kids 


Youth  club  addition 
nearly  complete 

By  DEBORAH  ALLARD-BERNARDI 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  In  a  matter  of  months,  local  youths 
will  have  a  new  teen  center  where  they  can  study,  play 
games  or  just  hang  out. 

After  two  years,  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  is  nearly  finished  constructing  its 
18,000-square-foot 
addition. 

Clearly  jubilant 
with  the  progress, 
the  club’s  Executive 
Director  Peter 

McCarthy  finds  the 
loud  construction 
noises  and  cold, 
dusty  floors  a  wel¬ 
come  sight. 

McCarthy  has  beep 
trying  to  maximize 
space  in  the  club  for 
years. 

Now,  as  walls  go 
up  and  rooms  begin 

to  take  shape,  McCarthy  said,  "Every  day  I  come  in,  it 
looks  bigger.” 

Bigger  is  indeed  better,  given  that  2,600  children  are 
members  of  the  facility.  About  800  of  them  are  teens 
who  will  benefit  from  the  new  center. 

The  teen  center,  slated  to  open  in  January,  will 
occupy  the  top  floor  of  the  three-story  expansion,  and 
will  be  home  to  a  lounge  area  with  "a  living  room  type 
of  atmosphere,"  said  McCarthy; 

Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  A5 

At  right.  Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River,  looks  up 
at  new  improvements  to  the  Bedford  Street  facility.  Among 
the  changes  will  be  a  new  teen  center,  a  community  room 
and  a  computer  lab.  Below,  the  addition,  as  seen  from 
Bedford  Street,  was  designed  to  be  airy  and  open,  with 
natural  light  and  a  view  of  the  street. 

Herald  News  Photos  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 


7  don ’t  want  it 
to  look  like  a 
classroom. 

I  want  it  nice 
and  comfy.  ’ 

—  Peter  McCarthy, 
youth  center 
executive  director 


Adopt  a  Cop 
program 
a  success 

By  JOHN  MOSS 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Fourth- 
grade  students  at  the  Tansey 
School  are  learning  why  cer¬ 
tain  city  landmarks  are 
named  in  memory  of  special 
individuals. 

The  assignment  is  part  of  a 
civics  project  assigned  by 
Officer  Gary  Pasternak,  one  of 
17  police  officers  who  visit  as 
many  elementary  schdols 
under  the  Police  Department's 
Adopt  a  Cop  program. 

Now  in  its  second  year,  the 
program  has  become  a  big  hit 
with  students,  teachers  and  the 
officers. 

Pasternak  covers  Sector  2  on 
his  watch,  which  includes  the 
Tansey  School  on  Ray  Street. 

He  had  two  fourth-grade 
classes,  comprising  a  total  of  49 
students,  do  a  civics  project  in 
which  groups  of  pupils  selected 
a  memorial  or  monument  in 
the  city  to  research. 

Their  works  were  due 
Friday,  the  day  after  Veterans 
Day. 

"What  are  the  memorials  all 
about?  Why  was  -something 
named  for  that  person?  ...  Why 
is  it  called  the  Braga  Bridge?" 
Pasternak  said  he  asked  the 
students  when  he  assigned  the 
project. 

Turn  to  COP,  Page  A5 


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Jared  Wages  at  second  ba*e.  / 

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Gameroom  tournament 

PROVIDENCE  —  The  Chew  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River  finished  second  to  the  host 
club  in  a  gameroom  tournament  held  at  the 
Fox  Point  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

New  Bedford  finished  third  and 
Pawtucket  was  fourth. 

Keith  Omosefunmi  of  Fall  River  took  first 
place  in  air  hockey  and  Jeremy  Folger  was 
fourth. 

Devon  Smith  and  Joshua  Moniz  were  sec¬ 
ond  and  third,  respectively,  in  billiards. 

Moniz  was  second  in  foosball. 

Fall  River  finished  second  in  educational. 

Durfee  Hall  of  Fame 

FALL  ilfiVER  -  The  Durfee  High  School 
Athletic  HrUl  of  Fame  will  be  accepting  nom¬ 
inations  foiWhiduction  in  2005  until  March  1, 
2005,  Hall  oS»ame  committee  chairman  Bob 
Hargraves  announced 


MONICA  TAVARES,  above,  presents  India  Scott  with  a  crisp  dollar  bill  at  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  A  longstanding  tradition  used  to  mark  the  birthday  of  an  afterschool  program  member 

'  Tphoto  bTR^KSNllEKl  KVla  L°°ker  a"d  M6delr0S  '°0k  °"' 

rSSwjmotS"  3  P'ra,e' hear  Pira,e  st°ries  and  ,ake  part  in  a  ,reasure;-' 


FROM  PAGE  ONE 


The  Herald  News.  Sunday,  November  14,  2004  A5 


Club: 

From  Page  A1 

Youths  can  also  take  advan¬ 
tage  of  a  glassed-in  homework 
area  with  laptop  computers, 
pool  tables  and  a  miniature 
game  room. 

The  space  will  be  decorated 
with  "appropriate"  posters,  and 
piped-in  music  will  fill  the 
center. 

The  top  floor  also  boasts  a 
multipurpose  center  to  hold 
meetings  and  other  events. 

McCarthy  said  the  new  teen 
center  will  help  keep  kids  off  the 
streets  in  the  afternoons  and 
evenings,  when  there  is  poten¬ 
tial  for  fights  and  other  trouble. 
Many  of  the  visiting  teens  are 
not  involved  in  any  other  type  of 
after-school  activities. 

"This  may  be  able  to  channel 
their  talents,"  said  McCarthy. 


Construction  nearly  complete 


The  teen  center  is  to  be 
named  for  Thomas  A.  Rodgers 
Jr.,  president  of  the  Rodgers 
Family  Foundation  and  owner 
of  Quaker  Fabric  Corp. 

The  Rodgers  Foundation 
recently  donated  $100,000 
toward  the  Next  Generation 
Campaign  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club,  bringing  the  project 
closer  to  its  $3  million  goal  to 
create  the  new  space  for  the 
many  children  it  serves. 

From  the  outside,  the 
building  is  changing,  as  well. 
The  main  level  has  a  new  cov¬ 
ered  entrance,  which  will  be 
safer  and  more  accessible  to 
buses. 

A  backyard  playground  will 
be  created,  as  will  a  basketball 
court. 

Inside  the  main  level,  a  large 
game  room  will  further  benefit 


Herald  News  Photo  by  OMAR  BRADLEY 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  describes  the  future  layout  of  the  second-floor 
community  room  at  the  addition  being  built  on  Bedford  Street. 

the  teens.  or  more  kids  who  eat  meals  at 

There  is  also  a  state-of-the-  the  club  each  night.  McCarthy 
art  kitchen  to  help  serve  the  150  said  the  club  has  received 


donated  convection  ovens  and  a 
large  walk-in  refrigerator. 

The  entire  addition  was  cre¬ 
ated  to  be  an  open  and  airy 
space  with  lots  of  large  win¬ 
dows  and  natural  light. 
McCarthy  said  that  was  a  major 
design  decision  —  with  a  bit  of 
an  ulterior  motive.  Open  space 
will  keep  kids  in  view  of  the 
staff  at  all  times  and  "out  of 
trouble."  he  said. 

The  basement  level  will 
function  as  a  learning  center 
and  computer  lab  for  kids  of  all 
ages.  Again  designed  with 
youths  in  mind,  McCarthy  said: 
“I  don’t  want  it  to  look  like  a 
classroom.  I  want  it  nice  and 
comfy.” 

Children  will  be  able  to 
sharpen  their  learning,  lan¬ 
guage  and  computer  skills  in 
the  new  center. 


Although  construction  is 
nearing  completion,  donations 
are  still  being  collected  to  fund 
the  project. 

McCarthy  said  the  club  has 
raised  $1.6  million  thus  far. 
Besides  monetary  donations, 
the  club  also  needs  furniture, 
Pentium  computers,  books,  fur¬ 
nishings  and  a  popcorn 
machine. 

Individuals,  corporations 
and  foundations  interesting  in 
helping  the  club  can  call  508- 
672-6340.  Also,  donations  can  be 
sent  to  the  John  Delaney 
Memorial  Fund  to  support  the 
new  teen  center.  Send  to  the 
club  at  P.O.  Box  5155,  Fall 
River,  MA  02723. 

Deborah  Allard-Bernardi 
may  be  reached  at 
dbernardi@heraldnews.com. 


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SMART  MOVES  program 
graduates,  above,  pose  with 
their  certificates.  In  the  front 
row,  from  left,  are  Devin 
Boyd,  Amber  Hollenbach, 
Merissa  Murphy  and  Sam 
Quartochi.  Second  row,  from 
left:  Kaitlyn  Vasconcelos, 
Victoria  Gagne,  Cynthia 
Rabelo,  Nicole  Cookinham, 
Jessica  Cookinham  and 
Alexandria  Gomes.  Third  row, 
from  left:  Daryn  Hacking, 
Angela  Machado,  Khalil 
Ayoud  and  Kevin  Goncalves. 

DEVIN  BOYD,  right,  receives 
his  Smart  Moves  graduation 
certificate  from  Emily 
Barboza  while  co-coordinator 
Mimi  Larrivee  looks  on. 


Club  members  learn 
to  make  smart  choices 


Program  helps  kids  stand  up  to  peer  pressure 


At  1 9,  Emily  Barboza  is  only  a  few 
years  older  than  some  of  the  students 
she  gives  advice  to  in  her  role  as  co¬ 
coordinator  of  the  Smart  Moves  pro¬ 
gram  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River. 

Given  her  years  of  experience  as  a 
member,  volunteer,  and  then  worker 
at  the  club,  however,  the  students 
seem  to  have  a  great  deal  of  respect 
for  their  mentor. 

“The  kids  look  up  to  me,"  she  says, 
as  she  prepares  for  the  sixth  graduation 
ceremony  the  club  has  held  For  stu¬ 
dents  completing  the  Smart  Moves 
program  since  it  began  here  a  year  ago. 

The  goal  of  the  program,  in  practice 
at  Boys  &  Girls  Clubs  nationwide,  is  to 
educate  children  to  make  good,  posi¬ 
tive,  healthy  choices  in  life,  with  an  eye 
toward  warding  off  peer  pressure  and 
staying  away  from  drugs  and  alcohol. 

"I'm  not  really  lecturing  them.  I’m 
just  letting  them  know  how  it  is,"  says 
Barboza,  who,  along  with  co-director 
Mimi  Larrivee,  received  special  train¬ 
ing  before  starting  the  six-week  pro¬ 
gram,  open  to  all  club  members  free 
of  charge. 

As  kids  are  constantly  under  pres¬ 
sure  from  external  influences  practi¬ 
cally  every  day  of  their  young  lives, 
the  sessions  deal  with  staying  focused 
on  making  the  best  choices  for  their 
well-being  regardless  of  what  others, 
including  their  friends,  may  tell  them. 

"Drugs  are  definitely  bad  for  you,” 
says  Victoria  Gagne,  as  she  munches 
on  a  square  slice  of  sheet  pizza  after 
the  brief  ceremony.  Victoria,  9,  is  a 
student  at  the  Spencer  Borden  School. 

No  matter  what  peer  pressure  oth¬ 
ers  may  bring  to  bear  against  her, 
Victoria  knows  that  she  has  the 
strength  to  resist  bad  influences. 


“If  you  say  'no'  again  and  again  and 
again,  they'll  drink  about  it  and  they 
won't  ask  you  any  more,"  Victoria  says. 

Victoria’s  nanna,  Carolyn  Gagne,  is 
very  pleased  with  what  her  grand¬ 
daughter  has  been  learning  over  the 
last  several  weeks. 

After  just  her  first  session  in  the 
program,  Victoria  went  home  and  told 
her  father  that  he  should  try  harder  to 
quit  smoking,  as  the  habit  was  bad  for 
his  health. 

She  also  gave  other  family  mem¬ 
bers  advice  on  how  they  could  live 
healthier  lives. 

"For  someone  who's  just  9  years 
old,  we  thought  that  was  just  great," 
Carolyn  Gagne  says. 

As  a  result  of  the  success  of  the  pro¬ 
gram,  Larrivee  says  the  club  is  plan¬ 
ning  Smart  Moves  2. 

"We're  teaching  them  how  to  resist 
the  pressures  of  everyday  life," 

Larrivee  says,  noting  that  Smart 
Moves  2  will  be  geared  toward  the 
teenage  members  of  the  club. 

Tobacco  giant  Phillip  Morris  funds 
the  overall  effort,  and  has  donated  $2 
million  to  the  Boys  &  Girls  Clubs  of 
America  to  set  up  the  educational 
program. 

Amber  Hollenbach,  15,  aB.M.C. 
Durfee  High  School  freshman,  feels  the 
program  has  much  to  offer  students  as 
they  stand  up  to  peer  pressure. 

“It’s  wrong  because  if  your  friend  is 
trying  to  get  you  to  do  things  that  are 
bad  for  you,  then  they're  not  really 
your  friend." 

Forrest  Russell,  15,  says  he  learned 
students  can't  always  resist  peer  pres¬ 
sure  by  themselves. 

"What  you've  got  to  do  is  go  talk  to 
a  responsible  adult  or  someone  you 
trust  to  help  you  out,"  he  says. 


STORY  AND  PHOTOS  BY  RICK  SNIZEK 


CHRISTIAN  BERRIOS,  above,  snares  nis  . . - 

dents  of  different  levels  of  ability. 

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Game  time 


ti.cv  a  Cadet  Cardinals  instructor  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  shows 
Mohammed,  7.  and  Asia  Brooks,  8.  computer  games  In  the  club’s  computer  room  Wednesday. 


fall  River  swimmers  sl^ine  in  defeat 


The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  swim  team,  the  Fall 
River  Flyers,  lost  a  tough  opening-season  meet 
against  the  East  Providence  Tidal  Waves  this 
past  weekend.  The  Flyers  performed  well  with 
many  swimmers  placing  in  the  top  four  despite 
losing  439-184  to  the  much  larger  East 
Providence  squad. 


in  coin  freestyle  (24.46)  and  backslroke  (27.21), 

Ofin-wLi  KKe''y.Pa^a'pl?ced  ,ourth  ln  backslroke 
(36,07)  and  butterfly  (34.20)  and  swam  freestyle  (30  88) 
Swam  lrees|y'e  (35.29)  and  backslroke 
srmkl  mo  Lamonde  swam  freestyle  (38.09)  and  back- 
«  muf  SI-22  S?vannah  Pacheco  placed  second  In  breast- 
stroke  (27.96)  and  placed  third  In  butterfly  (33.89)  and  swam 
rm  87ir^nH<ih?'H6)' VM<Ln,Ca  Parker  P|aced  second  In  treestyle 
(40  52)  d  h  rd  10  backs,roke  <2826> and  swam  breaststroke 

.  !“'a,issa  Gurgens  placed  third  In  treestyle  (19.67)  and 
10  breas,s,rpke  <31-03)  and  swam  butterfly  (30.77). 
Ca,b!a  ’  Pacheco  and  Parker  placed  second  In  the 
1 00  yd  freestyle  relay  (1:37.86) 

,  9  and  10-year-old  division 

141  A,rruda  placed  ,our,h  in  bo’b  freestyle 

‘4’.83)  and  backstroke  (1:00.67).  Aaron  Dem  placed  llrst  In 
n^W'i!  f3  k5?  and  backs,roke  (44.04).  Danny  Morris 
pa?ed  2°j?b  n  bolb  016  10°yd  Individual  medley  (1  40  07) 
andbal  edly  i48  !?)•  Jesse  Moms  P'aced  nrs'  In  butterfly 
Am  i2  fhdi,«0C°nd  ln  he  100yd  Individual  medley  (1:34.13) 

S?  AavTsS”15  "*  °‘m  pla“d  “,8' ln  lh* 20w 

GIRLS  -  Angela  Beverage  swam  freestyle  (1:00.70)  and 

Sf3C95ir°h^rJ<2i2l'2mfln^lelyn  CappeNo  swarn  freestyle 
(43.95).  backslroke  (56.07)  and  breaststroke  (1:09.71).  Jen 
Collier  swam  freestyle  (46.53),  backstroke  (1:10.70)  and 


Cooklngham  p  aced  fourth  in  the  both  the  100yd  individual 
^7  38)  SXSLff-  b,reef ,yle  W2-41I  swam  backstroke 
Prt38,l  and  breaststroke  (1.04.55).  Jena  Francis  placed 
and  swam  freestyle  (44.53). 
,ree8lyle  (S0  76>'  breaststroke  (1  20.69) 
Gomes  swam  freestyle 
backs  roke  <58,8>  Drew  Guay  swam  freestyle 

trees.! M  (l10  03)  Sab,lna  GuUe,rez  swam 

freestyle  (50.24)  and  backslroke  (1  15  34).  Marlena  Julian 

freestyle  (52,90)  and  backstroke  (54.44).  Hannah 
Kat!S°Md  SWarH  ,rees,yle  (47  26)  and  backstroke  (1:00.68) 
^  ,ree.s,yle  (51'87>  and  backstroke 

(' Sarah  Medeiros  placed  third  In  backstroke  (49  37) 
f.  d  "an]|,he  1 0°yd  Individual  medley  (2:05.28)  and  treestyle 

lndk!rt  ,B|AmXH?dra,^fod0nca  placed  ,hlrd  ln  b0,h  ,he  100yd 
Individual  medley  (1:52,15)  and  butterfly  (51.88).  Kristen 

STMSr1.  'h1  ln  ,rees,yle  (36  06)  and  second  in  breast¬ 
stroke  (50.80)  and  swam  butterfly  (53.83).  Chloe  Palmer 
swam  freestyle  (52.47)  and  backstroke  $04.16)  Sydney 

Ss8S*ST»f yJ“J54,65)  ,K*yl*  Ton““i  p'*“a  »«*  >" 

**T  ',<,eslVl«  144.99)  and  breasl- 
(118'70)-  Tonuccl,  Francis.  J  Cookinham  and 
p|aced  1 Ibfrd  In  the  100yd  medley  relay  (1  25.54) 
fnnih  CaPPello,  Gagne  and  H  Massoud  placed 

Monumri  4|3  ih'  iibe  Cooklngham  sisters,  Tonuccl  and 
Montuorf  placed  third  in  the  200yd  freestyle  relay  (2:51  33) 

13  I  ^9Rr oHienCr‘. ,Medeiros  and  Cappello  placed  fourth 
Gutlererrez.  s  Palmer  and  H.  Massoud 
Pafme,h!nrt°vydMee  y  ^  relay  <3:21  47>'  Julian.  Gomes,  C 
(3  37  02)  d  K'  Massoud  swam  lhe  20°yd  freestyle  relay 


?2r64)  a.n?  bapks,roke  <50.04).  Jonathan  Santos  placed 
bacStSke  SX)  2  and  SWam  breaslslf0ke  <57  79)  and 


GIRLS-  Bethany  Arruda  placed  third  In  breaststroke 
(54.52)  and  backstroke  (48  28).  Cassandra  Benjamin  placed 
second  in  the  100yd  Individual  medley  (1:22.76)  and  third  in 
butterfly  (36.89)  Amanda  Couture  placed  fourth  in  both 
freestyle  (33.77)  and  butterfly  (45  22).  Andrea  Donnelly 
swam  breaststroke  (51.000  and  freestyle  (40.84).  Breanna 
Harris  swam  freestyle  (50.02)  and  backslroke  (1:06  61). 
Kyla  Looker  placed  third  in  both  freestyle  (33  47)  and  back- 
stroke  (40.74)  Looker,  Arruda,  Couture  and  Benjamin 
placed  third  in  the  200yd  freestyle  relay  (2  24.39). 

13  and  14-year-old  division 
(In  this  division  the  swimmers  events  are  100yds) 

BOYS-  Ben  Demeule  placed  first  In  backstroke  (1 .26.65) 
and  second  in  freestyle  (1  10.77)  Andrew  Cabral  placed 
third  In  freesyle  (1.26.84)  Thomas  Landry  placed  first  In  but¬ 
terfly  (1.26:50)  and  second  in  breaststroke  (1:26.19). 

GIRLS-  Amy  Astle  placed  secoftd  in  freestyle  (1:23.00) 
and  third  In  backstroke  (1.43.30)  and  swam  breaststroke 
(1.57.02)  Vanessa  DeSa  placed  third  In  freestyle  (1,39.72) 
and  swam  broaslstoke  (1  57  02)  and  backstroke  (2.11  16). 
Sledah  Harris  placed  third  in  breaststroke  (2  18  95)  and 
swam  freestyle  (1:57  96)  and  backstroke  (2:19.01) 

15-18-year-old  division 

(In  this  division  the  swimmers  events  are  100yds) 

BOYS-  Chris  Demeule  placed  first  In  breaststroke 
(117  98)  and  second  In  freestyle  (1:01.05)  William 
McGuInness  placed  first  in  both  the  200yd  Individual  medley 
(2:22.58)  and  freestyle  (56.54)  and  swam  butterfly  (1  08.32) 
GIRLS-  Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  in  both  the  200yd 
individual  medley  (2:55.16)  and  butterfly  (1  19  06).  Nicole 
Astle  placed  second  in  both  the  freestyle  (1:12.25)  and 
breaststroke  (1.33  46)  and  swam  backstroke  (1:23.99).  i 
Sadie  Massoud  placed  third  in  freestyle  ( 1 :2 1  78)  and  fourth 
In  breaststroke  (1:51  40).  Nicole  Montouri  placed  second  In  | 
M  oiof,  2wyd  lnd,vldual  medley  (3:15.25)  and  backslroke 
(1.29.31).  Montouri,  Massoud.  Astle  and  Alves  placed  first  in 
the  200yd  treestyle  relay  (2  16  04) 


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Will  Richmond 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  -  With  the 
outlook  that  all  youth  within 
the  city  are  potential  targets 
to  join  gangs,  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is 
preparing  to  do  its  part  to 
intervene. 

With  that  in  mind,  officials 
from  the  fields  of  law  enforce¬ 
ment,  education,  social  ser¬ 
vice  organizations 


government  joined  business 


owners  and  residents  to  hear 
from  David  Reid,  director  of 
Delinquency  Prevention  for 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of 
America,  about  what  they  can 
do  to  make  a  difference  in  Fall 
River  with  the  Gang 
Prevention  through  Targeted 
Outreach  program. 

Reid  was  also  on  hand  to 
present  the  club  with  a  $30,000 
check  to  help  with  their  gang 
prevention  efforts. 

Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  Executive  Director  Peter 


McCarthy  said  the  organiza¬ 
tion  plans  to  expand  the  ser¬ 
vices  that  the  center  provides 
to  teenagers  and  that  the 
funds  could  not  have  come  at 
a  better  time  as  the  organiza¬ 
tion  completes  the  construc¬ 
tion  of  a  new  teen  center. 

"We  have  the  kids  but  we 
need  the  space.”  McCarthy 
said. 

Specifically  McCarthy  said 
efforts  would  be  made  to 
expand  the  organization’s 
career  exploration  and  contin¬ 
uing  education  programs  for 
teens. 

While  McCarthy  talked 
about  how  the  funds  would  be 
used,  Reid  told  those  gathered 
in  one  of  the  new  rooms  of  the 
teen  center  that  preventing 
youths  from  joining  gangs  is  a 
project  that  needs  the  help  of 
everyone  in  the  city, 

"This  is  a  community 
strategy  that  involves  a 
club/community  partnership 
that  has  to  identify  and  reach 
out  to  kids  that  are  at  a  high 
risk."  Reid  said. 

One  of  the  goals  of  the  pro¬ 
gram  is  to  recruit  50  teenagers 
who  are  perceived  as  being 
high  risk  to  become  gang 
members  and  get  them 
involved  in  activities  and  pro¬ 
grams  that  provide  an  alterna¬ 
tive  to  gangs. 

"This  initiative  takes  a 
whole  community  to  do  if," 
Reid  said.  "It's  not  a  one  shot 
thing  you  need  to  mobilize  the 
community.” 

Reid  said  the  community 
as  a  whole  needs  to  get 
involved  because  one  group  or 
organization  often  only  sees 


one  aspect  of  what  is  hap¬ 
pening  in  a  community.  So 
while  teachers  may  see  a 
teenager  do  well  in  school,  a 
police  officer  may  see  that 
same  person  loitering,  while  a 
local  business  owner  might 
find  that  teenager  disturbing 
business.  Having  that  well- 
rounded  view  of  a  child,  Reid 
said,  can  help  officials  to  iden¬ 
tify  that  the  teenager  needs 
help. 

“Every  group  sees  a  dif¬ 
ferent  aspect  of  what  is  going 
on  and  together  it  forms  a 
whole  picture,"  he  said. 

Providing  help  through 
places  like  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  is  a  perfect  alternative, 
Reid  said,  adding  that  celebri¬ 
ties  like  actor  Denzel 
Washington  and  baseball 
player  Alex  Rodriguez  are 
prime  examples  of  youths  who 
turned  to  the  organization 
instead  of  the  streets. 

"If  you  plug  kids  into  some¬ 
thing  they  like,  they  are  less 
likely  to  get  involved  in 
gangs,"  Reid  said. 

Nationwide,  the  program 
has  been  used  in  40  communi¬ 
ties,  including  the  cities  of 
Lowell,  Springfield  and  Lynn. 

After  half  of  the  first  day  of 
a  two-day  seminar  concluded 
McCarthy  said  that  Reid’s 
message  appeared  to  be  get¬ 
ting  through  to  the  partici¬ 
pants. 

"There  is  no  one  in  denial  " 
McCarthy  said.  "There  is  a 
need  for  prevention." 


E-mail  Will  Richmond  at 
WRICHMOND@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


SPORTS 


Flyers  notch  first  win 

&  Glrls  Club 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  swim 
team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  performed  well  this 
past  weekend  The  Flyers  won  their  first  meet  5  a 

S  defea,in8  016  Fox  P°“'  B°ys  & 

Meet  results: 

8  &  Under  riMsinn 
i  u  B°yS 

/ocP£f,  0  placed  ,lrsl  ^  breaststroke  (31.94)  second  in 
freestyle  (25.03)  and  swam  backstroke  (32.23) 

In  ““nd  ln  6*ctote'  <30  9F)  and  MU 

,26-97’'  <" 

(S3.M“fca  F""‘‘S  Swam  ',!!8s,yte  l5B  ee)  «na  backstroke 
<40;3?r  S"0"’  "e’SW‘  <3906>  *"«  backslroke 

P'a“'’  ^  ln  60lh  bteastslroke  ,2,M) 

bac k“S(a"S,  Pla"<l  “COna  ln  talh  "““'Ha  (18.63)  and 
Marissa  Surgens  placed  first  In  freestyle  (18  97)  and  snrnnrt 
rn  b, easis,, oka  <33  75)  and  swam  brSrtly  <2sli|  “cona 

yd  l*“»  «« 'b.  too 


(1:04.3°)'  Pal,na,  SWa"'  ,,ee8,yle  (4S'69>  >"a  backs., oke 
«wamblrt™“!3P®)'d  baCkS,,ote  <53-83>  »"a 

11  » 12-vear-old  division 

s<,okM37C“,e  PU“d  ,reesl>"8  I33  42)  and  back- 

lay  (Ja41. Wlf  and  b^sisiroke  ^5732)'  1“-''a'd  ™a' 


9  &  10-vear-old  dlvlslnp 

backs”, Tew  S*  PlaCM  ““°d’n  b“b  ,resslyte  W-W)  and 
134  741  a"d  bapk- 

b,.as»oC59  42TM  S“”d  "  bu"ertl1'  <49'7!  «"a  awam 

and  DBm  piacad  “ m  ,be  ®°- 

A  ,  r.  Girls 

Angela  Beverage  swam  the  backstroke  (1 .22  89) 

(IrtS)00"1''  S”a'"  b,MSIS,,e*a  (1:12.47)  and  bullerlly 

bullertr,a<n02ns,S)P'aCad  "rsl br“8,sl,ate  (53.08)  and  swam 
Victoria  Gagne  swam  butterfly  (1:15  86) 

(55,01)*andrla  °°maS  ''eeslvls  ,4903l  >"a  backstroke 

,7“  ,r“slyle  ,45-75l  ana  backslroke  (58  34) 
(49.90)  J  Smm  eslyte  l465°l  a"a  backslroke 


swam  !,e,sU74Z72P!aP8d  breaS,s,'»ke  ('  “’  <»)  a"a 

and  m  KSJ  ?387niMT  P'“8d  “ "eaS'yle  <33  48»  “a  aao 
in  burd^Sr8  P',C8d  'irSI  IP  br‘“lswte  («■«)  and  third 
(IM,"  Ha,ris  s*am  baaa'V'a  (50.61)  end  backslroke 
ley  (t27kTe8ndPb,«r.?«  sT  ™a‘ 

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200%  KyHSJ , Sr, 80,1  B8niS,nln  •» 

. 8ab«en,nSSSSSf%yards 

bacS'roke'Ty'ltf080  “ 'n°b°,h  (I'07-45)  and 

backdate" SSSJ8'®1  SS“"a  in  »»“’  Eslyte  0:15.40) and 

ondmES^ 

bacStelt8  4P5  “ ln  braadslke  (1 :59.33)  and  second  In 
bacSE  Saxrd  ,b“ ln  l'“!,y,e  t1:50  93)  and  fourth  tn 

It) this  division  lbeSStj%?%°"00  yaWs 

and  bieas'slroke'l'-tlsi)81886^0^1  "  both 

bulleTSES'rm'rs^ 

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bubeSda,^!Kr  P'S“d  "rSI backa”0ka  149  79> aM  ™  IblanSS, b»dl,  ,1124.33,  and 

bres Ska^T  “C8nd  "  to'h  ^ 

(bird  in“LsJS 5.55“  s““"d  ln  backslroke  (1:27.27,  and 


and  hi  iiiorf iu  1 4 1  7  p  aceo  second  ln  bo,h  ,re 
and  butterfly  (54.14)  and  swam  backstroke  (56  87) 

Kristen  Montuori  placed  first  In  freestyle  (37  31)  second  in 
(t  “S82)  *n<l  ™am  backsl,ol»  «5  2°l  and  buttedly 

(1:o!h2)8y  Pa'mer  S"am  ,r8eslyle  l52  88l  and  backstroke 


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and  Cory  Barney, 


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JAYDEN  CABRAL,  9  hopes  to  bowl  a  strike. 


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abral  captures  top  Power  Bowl 
honors  in  Boys  &  Girls  Club  event 

FALL  RIVER  —  Aaron  Cabral  earned  top  hon¬ 
ors.  tallying  a  dozen  points,  to  capture  the 
Thomas  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Power  Bowl  held 
recently. 

Tavon  Odom  was  second  followed  by  Trey 
Morris.  Joseph  Morales,  Brian  McMahon, 
Brendon  Cutting  Cheyanne  Johnson.  Cory 
Marques,  Antonio  Whiting  and  Kyra  Torres. 

Aureo  Barbosa  and  Alex  Enos  took  first  place 
in  a  bumper  pool  tournament.  They  were  followed 
by  Jordan  Moniz,  Joshua  Moniz,  John  Bernardo, 
Areadio  Navardo,  Steven  Correia,  Brandon 
Kadlec,  Bruno  Braga,  Bibiana  DaRosa,  Austin 
Cabral  and  Darron  Tucker. 


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Ping  Pong  tournament  ^  \ 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  hosted  a  Junior  Ping  Pong 
Tournament  recently  with  the  following  results:  1 
Stanley  Kay  led  all  scorers  with  18  points  followed 
by  Jeremy  Folger  (14),  Josh  Moniz  (8),  Matt  Barreira  (2), 
Nick  Dugal  (2),  Marcio  Santos  (2)  and  D.J.  Tucker  (2). 


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Infinj.;  J®  c«!y  Pardee  !® “ld  Nicole 

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Bovs'  &  Gir’*  ^ion  1 
junior  soccer  Kay  I 

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jSior  Soccer  lea^scored 

Chris  Spirslo >n  winners  l 

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teatnnia^e  Nich  Dugel  played  a  I 

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Wednesday,  January  1 9,  2005 


There’s  plenty  for  adults  at  Boys  &  Girls  Club 

Some  senior  citizens  have  been  coming  to  the  club 
since  they  were  children  growing  up  in  Fall  River 


Photo  by  RICK  SNIZEK 

JOE  O’CONNELL  (CENTER)  enjoys  some  laughs  with  long-time  friends  in  the 
weight  room. 


By  RICK  SNIZEK 

While  children  rightly  gamer  most 
of  the  spotlight  whenever  the  many  ac¬ 
complishments  by  kids  involved  with  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  in  Fall  River  are  touted  in  the  com¬ 
munity.  there  is  a  whole  other  side  of  the 
club  too  that  doesn’t  gamer  as  much  at¬ 
tention. 

“We’re  probably  the  best-kept  secret  in 
Fall  River,”  says  Peter  McCarthy,  direc¬ 
tor  of  the  club,  noting  that  the  facility  is 
widely  open  to  adults  as  well,  not  that  it  a 
secret  to  everyone. 

Joe  O’Connell  has  been  coming  to  the 
club  since  its  early  days,  when  it  was  lo¬ 
cated  on  Pocasset  Street,  near  the  old  City 
Hall. 

“I  play  every  day,”  says  O’Connell. 
“I’m  68  years  old  and  still  playing  hand¬ 
ball,  isn’t  that  amazing?” 

Ronnie  Freitas,  who  is  semi-retired, 
travels  to  the  Bedford  Street  facility  three 
to  four  times  a  week  to  work  out.  He  does 
it  for  the  community  aspect  of  chatting 
with  old  friends  while  he  lifts  as  much  as 
for  the  benefits  he  receives  from  a  good, 
solid  workout. 

“I’ve  got  diabetes,”  he  says.  “It’s  some¬ 
thing  I  have  to  do  for  my  health.” 

“Here,  you  can  unwind,"  he  adds.  “It’s 
like  a  family  down  here.” 

McCarthy  says  that  adults  get  their 
money’s  worth  with  a  full  membership  that 
costs  $200  a  year  or  $75  for  three  months. 
Kids  can  join  for  a  very  modest  $5  per 
year. 

The  facility  has  a  large  basketball  court 
that  is  open  to  adult  during  the  day  when 
kids  are  in  school,  a  well-stocked  weight 
room  and  a  75’  by  35’  pool. 

“We  also  have  a  saima  and  a  steam 
room,"  McCarthy  says,  noting  that  one 
doesn’t  often  encounter  both  amenities  at 
a  health  club. 

And  adults  have  a  wide  range  of  oppor¬ 
tunities  to  enjoy  what  the  club  has  to  offer. 
From  Monday  through  Friday,  the  club 


is  open  to  adults  from  6  a.m.  until  8  p.m. 
On  Saturday,  it  is  open  from  6  a.m.  until  5 
p.m.,  and  on  Sunday,  its  hours  are  from  8 
a.m.  until  noon. 

“Our  mission  has  always  been  to  serve 
adults  as  well  as  children,”  McCarthy 
says. 

“In  1910,  Mr.  [Thomas]  Chew  was  way 
ahead  of  his  time,”  he  adds.  “He  always 
thought  there  was  a  need  for  a  space  for 
adults,  so  he  turned  to  a  Mr.  Borden  who 
in  turn  gave  another  $100,000  at  the  time 
to  build  another  facility  for  adults  across 
the  street  from  the  first  site  of  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club.” 

McCarthy  says  that  many  of  the  adults 
who  frequent  the  club  today  grew  up  being 
involved  in  Boys  &  Girls  Club  activities  as 
children. 

For  six  months  each  year,  Roland  He¬ 
bert  comes  to  swim  at  the  club  five  days 
a  week.  In  wanner  weather,  he  plies  local 
waters  as  an  avid  spear  fisherman. 

“It’s  great  here,”  says  Hebert,  73,  as  he 
does  laps  during  his  routine,  which  often 
lasts  for  two  hours.  “I  love  it.” 

Rene  Kochman  has  long  been  a  sup¬ 
porter  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  even 
when  growing  up  in  New  York  City.  He 
sees  the  overall  benefits  of  being  involved 
with  the  organization  as  being  much  more 
than  simply  fitness. 

“You’ve  got  to  take  care  of  everything: 
the  mind,  body  and  soul,”  says  Kochman, 
who  works  as  the  director  of  Media  Tech¬ 
nology  at  B.M.C.  Durfee  High  School. 

“I've  been  a  die-hard  fan  of  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  since  I  came  to  this  city  from 
New  York  in  1985,”  says  Kochman,  who 
also  runs  about  five  miles  a  day  to  supple¬ 
ment  his  workouts.  “It  gives  me  a  chance 
to  bum  off  some  steam.  It’s  also  a  great 
place  to  meet  people.” 

“It’s  a  communal  effort,”  he  says  of 
the  importance  of  maintaining  one’s  good 
health. 

Director  Peter  McCarthy  can  be  reached 
for  further  information  at:  (508)  672-6340. 


Fall  River  Flyers  earn  league  Sportsmanship  Award 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls’  Club  Swim 
Team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  were  honored  by  the 
RIMA  Swim  League  and  awarded  the 
Sportsmanship  Trophy.  The  trophy  was  presented 
to  the  team  after  the  Championship  Swim  Meet  at 
Wheaton  College  last  weekend. 

The  RIMA  Swim  League  consists  of  seven 
teams:  Cumberland/Lincoln  Boys  &  Girls  Club, 
Pawtucket  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  East  Providence 
Boys  &  Girls  Club,  Newport  Blues,  Newport  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  Fox  Point  Boys  &  Girls  Club  and  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River.  Competing  against 
much  larger  squads,  the  Flyers  placed  fifth  as  a 
team  with  many  swimmers  placing  in  the  top  10 
spots  and  setting  new  personal  bests. 

Eight  Flyers  were  also  named  to  the  RIMA  All- 
Star  team,  The  swimmers  who  have  set  one  of  the 
top-five  fastest  times  in  their  relevant  age  group 
and  event  throughout  the  season  in  the  entire 
league  are  those  who  are  selected.  All-Star  swim¬ 
mers  include  Josh  Cappello  (breaststroke),  Kyle 
Couture  (freestyle  and  backstroke),  Chris  Demeule 
(freestyle).  Aaron  Deni  (freestyle,  backstroke  and 


breaststroke),  Kristen  Montuori  (breaststroke), 
Danny  Morris  (backstroke).  Jesse  Morris 
(freestyle,  butterfly  and  individual  medley)  and 
Savannah  Pacheco  (breaststroke). 

Meet  Results 
8  &  Under  division 

Boys:  Josh  Cappello  placed  ninth  in  freestyle  (24.09),  Mark 
Tonuccl  placed  eighth  in  freestyle  (22.71)  and  12th  in  backstroke 
(28.96). 

Girls:  Kelly  Cabral  placed  fourth  In  both  backstroke  (23.09) 
and  butterfly  (23.31);  Jessica  Francis  placed  28lh  in  freestyle 
(48.16)  and  19th  in  backstroke  (35.10);  Janet  Lamonde  placed 
19lh  in  freestyle  (27.00)  and  11th  In  butterfly  (31.39);  Savannah 
Pacheco  placed  fourth  in  breaststroke  (27.53)  and  ninth  In  but¬ 
terfly  (27  92);  Monica  Parker  placed  seventh  In  freestyle  (20,09) 
and  eighth  in  backstroke  (25.22), 

9  &  10-vear-old  division 

Boys:  Jonathan  Arruda  placed  seventh  in  freestyle  (37  18) 
and  sixth  in  backstroke  (46.61);  Aaron  Dem  placed  first  in  back¬ 
stroke  (37.36);  Danny  Morris  placed  fourth  in  backstroke  (41.63) 
and  eighth  in  butterfly  (45.98);  Jesse  Mom's  placed  second  in 
both  Ireestyle  (32.47)  and  butterfly  (38.82), 

Arruda,  the  Morris  twins  and  Dem  placed  first  In  the  200-yard 
freestyle  relay  (2:16  46). 

Girls:  Jen  Collier  placed  28th  In  freestyle  (44.04)  and  17th  In 
breaststroke  (1:04.76);  Jessica  Cookinham  placed  ninth  in  the 
100-yard  individual  medley  (1:47.22);  Nicole  Cookinham  placed 


eighth  in  butterfly  (46.48);  Victoria  Gagne  placed  14th  in  butterfly 
(57.68);  Alexandria  Gomes  placed  21st  in  freestyle  (41.00)  and 
24th  In  backstroke  (57.85);  Drew  Guay  placed  25th  In  freestyle 
(43.58)  and  23rd  in  backstroke  (54.91);  Hannah  Massoud  placed 
ninth  in  freestyle  (37.07);  Kate  Massoud  placed  31st  In  freestyle 
(44.82)  and  19th  In  breaststroke  (1:06.16);  Sarah  Medeiros 
placed  seventh  In  backstroke  (44.26). 

Also,  Alexandra  Mendonca  placed  third  in  freestyle  (34.45) 
and  tilth  In  butterfly  (43.88);  Knsten  Montuori  placed  fourth  in 
breaststroke  (45.53)  and  fifth  in  backstroke  (43.25);  Chloe 
Palmer  placed  36th  in  freestyle  (48.01);  Sydney  Palmer  placed 
30th  in  freestyle  (44.41)  and  20th  In  backstroke  (54.38);  Kayla 
Tonucci  placed  13th  In  butterfly  (51.00). 

Medeiros,  the  Cookinham  twins  and  H.  Massoud  placed  fifth 
in  the  100-yard  medley  relay  (1:21.22)  while  Tonuccl,  Collier, 
Gagne  and  S.  Palmer  placed  10th  (1:32.68);  N.  Cookinham,  H. 
Massoud,  Mendonca  and  Montuon  placed  fourth  in  the  200-yard 
freestyle  relay  (2:29.78)  while  Tonuccl,  J.  Cookinham,  Medeiros 
and  Gagne  placed  eighth  (2:46.03). 

11  &  12-year-old  division 

Boys:  Kyle  Couture  placed  second  in  freestyle  (31.01)  and 
third  In  backstroke  (36.83);  Jack  Grace  placed  ninth  in  the  100- 
yard  individual  medley  (1:34.79)  and  eighth  in  butterfly  (44.68); 
Michael  Massoud  placed  sixth  in  Ireestyle  (32.77)  and'seventh  in 
backstroke  (39.98);  Jonathan  Santos  placed  17th  In  freestyle 
(39.04)  and  12th  in  breaststroke  (54.51). 

Massoud,  Santos,  Grace  and  Couture  placed  fifth  in  the  200- 
yard  freestyle  relay  (2:22.04). 


Girls:  Bethany  Arruda  placed  28th  in  freestyle  (39.62)  and  18th 
In  backstroke  (44.55);  Cassandra  Benjamin  placed  ninth  In  the 
100-yard  individual  medley  (1:23.37)  and  fourth  In  butterfly 
(36.31);  Amanda  Couture  placed  12th  in  freestyle  (33.66);  Andrea 
Donnelly  placed  24th  In  freestyle  (37.25)  and  22nd  In  backstroke 
(47.21);  Jasmin  Grace  placed  30th  In  Ireestyle  (40.59)  and  15th  In 
breaststroke  (55,62);  Amanda  Medeiros  placed  ninth  in  breast¬ 
stroke  (44.88);  Melyssa  Looker  placed  fifth  in  the  100-yard  indi¬ 
vidual  medley  (1:21.42)  and  11th  In  butterfly  (39.10). 

Donnelly,  Medeiros,  Couture  and  Grace  placed  seventh  In  the 
200-yard  medley  relay  (2:49.36);  Couture,  Medeiros,  Looker  and 
Ben|amln  placed  tilth  in  the  200-yard  freestyle  relay  (2:14.63). 

13  &  14-year-old  division 
In  this  division,  swimmers  events  are  100  yards 
Boys:  Ben  Demeule  placed  sixth  in  both  Ireestyle  (1:05.26) 
and  backstroke  (1:23.44);  Andrew  Cabral  placed  12th  In  freestyle 
(1:16,41)  and  ninth  In  backstroke  (1:29.19). 

Girls:  Amy  Astle  placed  15th  in  freestyle  (1:23.16);  Vanessa 
DeSa  placed  16th  in  freestyle  (1:23.53)  and  11th  in  breaststroke 
(1:42.64);  Sledah  Harris  placed  17th  in  freestyle  (1:31.53)  and 
12th  In  backstroke  (1:51,40). 

15-18-yw-old  division 
In  this  division,  swimmers  events  are  100  yards 
Boys:  Chris  Demeule  placed  third  in  freestyle  (59.11)  and 
sixth  in  breaststroke  (1  18.56) 

Girls:  Cassandra  Alves  placed  seventh  in  the  200-yard  Indi¬ 
vidual  medley  (2:52.37)  and  fifth  In  butterfly  (1:23.04);  Nicole 
Astle  placed  ninth  in  freestyle  (1:09.77)  and  fifth  in  backstroke 
(1:19,97);  Sadie  Massoud  placed  10th  in  freestyle  (VI 2,97). 


Fall  River  Flyers  topple  Newport  swimmers 


FALL  RIVER  -  The  Boys  &  Girls’  Club 
swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  defeated 
the  Newport  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  268-200,  in 
recent  action.  ,  1  .  ,  1 1  /-s 

Meet  results; 

9  ft  Under  division 

BOYS  —  Josh  Cappello  placed  second  In  backstroke 
(30.16),  third  In  freestyle  (24.18)  and  swam  breaststroke 
(27.97);  Mark  Tonucci  placed  third  in  backstroke  (31.01) 
and  fourth  in  freestyle  (26.05). 

GIRLS  —  Kelly  Cabral  placed  second  in  both 
freestyle  (22.72)  and  butterfly  (27.33);  Jessica  Francis 
swam  Ireestyle  (54.87)  and  backstroke  (44.19);  Janet 
Lamonde  swam  freestyle  (42.60)  and  backstroke 
(42.30);  Savannah  Pacheco  placed  first  in  both  breast¬ 
stroke  (26.87)  and  butterfly  (26.75):  Monica  Parker 
placed  first  In  freestyle  (19.61)  and  second  in  backstroke 
(26.11). 

Lamonde.  Cabral,  Pacheco  and  Parker  placed  first  in 
the  100-yard  freestyle  relay  (1:57,83). 

9  $.iQ:yeaM?jrf_  division 

BOYS  —  Jonathan  Arruda  placed  second  In  back- 
stroke  (53.69),  third  In  freestyle  (37.38)  and  swam 
breaststroke  (1:02,06);  Aaron  Dem  placed  first  in  both 
freestyle  (32.69)  and  backstroke  (43.19)  and  swam 
breaststroke  (57.96);  Danny  Moms  placed  third  in  both 
the  100-yard  Individual  medley  (1:40.00)  and  butterfly 
(48.85)  and  swam  freestyle  (36,54),  breaststroke  (58.99) 
and  backstroke  (50.85);  Jesse  Morris  placed  first  in  but¬ 
terfly  (43.35)  and  second  In  the  100-yard  Individual 
medley  (1:30.16)  and  swam  freestyle  (34.11),  breast¬ 
stroke  (57.64)  and  backstroke  (43.65). 

Arruda,  the  Morris  brothers  and  Dem  placed  first  in 
the  200-yard  freestyle  relay  (2:30.40). 

GIRLS  —  Angela  Beveridge  swam  freestyle  (58.69) 


and  backstroke  (1:32.22);  Kalelyn  Cappello  placed  third 
in  the  100-yard  individual  medley  (2:01,86)  and  swam 
freestyle  (45.86),  Jen  Collier  swam  freestyle  (47.75); 
Jessica  Cookinham  placed  first  In  the  100-yard  Indi¬ 
vidual  medley  (1:52.67)  and  swam  freestyle  (41.35); 
Jena  Francis  placed  second  In  breaststroke  (53.51), 
Victoria  Gagne  swam  freestyle  (48.55),  breaststroke 
(1:14.75)  and  butterfly  (1:16.32);  Drew  Guay  swam 
freestyle  (48.58),  breaststroke  (1:13.75)  and  backstroke 
(1:01.52);  Marlena  Julian  placed  first  in  backstroke 
(48  76)  and  swam  freestyle  (43.17)  and  breaststroke 
(1:09.90);  Kate  Massoud  swam  backstroke  (56.59)  and 
breaststroke  (1:02.20);  Hannah  Massoud  placed  second 
in  freestyle  (40.45)  and  swam  backstroke  (56.90)  and 
breaststroke  (1:13.54),  Kristen  Montuori  placed  first  in 
both  freestyle  (37.69)  and  breaststroke  (51.72)  and 
swam  the  100-yard  individual  medley  (1:35.94);  Sydney 
Palmer  swam  freestyle  (53.75),  breaststroke  (1:22. 17^ 
and  backstroke  (1:01.08);  Chloe  Palmer  swam  freestyle 
(50.07),  breaststroke  (1:11.91)  and  backstroke  (1:05.66). 

Julian,  Francis,  Cookinham  and  Cappello  placed  first 
In  the  100-yard  medley  relay  (1:25.14)  while  Guay, 
Collier,  Gagne  and  S.  Palmer  placed  third  (1:40.24); 
Cappello,  Cookinham,  H.  Massoud  and  Montuori  placed 
first  in  the  200-yard  Ireestyle  relay  (2:43.67)  while  Guay, 
Collier,  Francis  and  S.  Palmer  placed  second  (3:20,59) 

11  A  12-vear-old  division 

BOYS  —  Kyle  Couture  placed  first  in  backstroke 
(38.91)  and  freestyle  (32.21);  Jack  Grace  placed  first  in 
the  100-yard  individual  medley  (1:40.25)  and  second  in 
breaststroke  (52.01);  Jonathan  Santos  placed  third  in 
both  freestyle  (42.30)  and  breaststroke  (56.40) 

GIRLS  —  Bethany  Arruda  placed  fourth  in  freestyle 
(42.89);  Cassandra  Benjamin  placed  first  in  both  the 
100-yard  individual  medley  (1:24.35)  and  butterfly 
(38.74);  Amanda  Couture  placed  first  In  both  breast¬ 
stroke  (46.01)  and  backstroke  (38.41);  Jasmin  Grace 


placed  third  in  freestyle  (37.36)  and  lourfh.in  breast¬ 
stroke  (54.67);  Breanna  Harris  swam  freestyle  (48,71> 
and  backstroke  (58.47);  Melyssa  Looker  placed' second 
In  both  the  100yd  Individual  medley  (1:24.91)  and  back- 
stroke  (40.35). 

Arruda,  Couture,  Looker  and  Benjamin  placed  first  in 
the  200yd  freestyle  relay  (2:25.02). 

13  ft  14-year-eld  division 
In  this  division  the  swimming  events  are  100  yards, 
BOYS  —  Ben  Demeule  placed  first  in  both  freestyle 
(1:08  67)  and  backstroke  (1:27.75);  Andrew  Cabral 
placed  second  in  both  freestyle  (1:14.44)  and  backstroke 
(1:40.05);  Thomas  Landry  placed  first  in  both  butterfly 
(1:26.44)  and  breaststroke  (1:27,35), 

GIRLS  —  Amy  Astle  placed  second  In  backstroke 
(1:42.28)  and  third  In  breaststroke  (1:54.11),  Sledah 
Harris  placed  third  in  both  Ireestyle  (1:42.03)  and  back- 
stroke  (2:11.05);  Vanessa  DeSa  placed  second  in  both 
Ireestyle  (1:32.81)  and  breaststroke  (1:52.03). 

15-19-year-Qld  division 

In  this  division  the  swimming  events  are  100  yards. 
BOYS  —  Christopher  Demeule  placed  first  in  both 
freestyle  (58.03)  and  breaststroke  (1:20.97)  and  swam 
backstroke  (1:21. 55);- Will  McGuinness  placed  first  in 
both  the  200yd  Individual  medley  (2:28.86)  and  butterfly 
(1  05.62)  and  swam  freestyle  (57.71)  and  backstroke 
(1:10.85). 

GIRLS  —  Cassandra  Alves  placed  first  in  both 
breaststroke  (1:31.42)  and  butterfly  (1:20,69)  and  swam 
backstroke  (1:23,09);  Nicole  Astle  placed  second  In  both 
freestyle  (1  13.00)  and  breaststroke  (1:32.22)  and  swam 
backstroke  (1:19.92);  Nicole  Montuori  placed  first  in 
backstroke  (1:25.86)  and  third  In  freestyle  (116.18), 

The  Flyers  next  meet  is  scheduled  for  10 
a.m.,  Jan.  -22,  at  home  vs.  the  Cumberland 
Lincoln  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  . 


5  Local  Spof 

3-on-3  hoop  tournament 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  will  play  host  to  its  third  annual  3-on-3  bas¬ 
ketball  tournament  Saturday,  May  21. 

There  will  be  four  age-group  divisions  of  com¬ 
petition:  15  &  older  girls,  12-14  boys,  15-17  boys  and 
18  &  older  men.  Registration  will  begin  at  9  a.m. 
and  the  tournament  will  begin  at  10. 

Trophies  and  packages  will  be  awarded  to  the 
winning  team  representing  each  division,  Entry 
fee  is  $20.  All  proceeds  from  the  tournament  will 
benefit  the  teen  programs  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

For  more  information,  contact  Mimi  Larrivee  at 
508-672-6340. 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 

KASEY  EDGE  peels  back  the  tape,  in  an  annual  tradition 
revealing  her  name  as  the  newest  addition  to  the  plaque 
honoring  those  who’ve  won  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club's  Youth 
of  the  Year  Award  since  1971. 


Edge:  Teen 
earns  top  award 


ZACQUELINE  CUMMINGS.  14,  a  Talbot  Middle  School 
student,  received  a  trophy  for  her  accomplishments  in  H< 
work  Club.  She  is  joined  by  her  mother,  Brenda  Cummir 
'  left,  and  aunt,  Linda  Cummings. 


CONTINUED  FROM  PAGE  1 

his  former  basketball  coach 
at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  After 
graduating  from  Durfee  High 
School,  Papoula  attended 
Boston  College  on  a  bas¬ 
ketball  scholarship,  earning 
a  degree  and  entering  the 
teaching  field.  He  credits 
White  with  helping  to  put 
him  on  a  path  to  success  as  a 
youngster  at  the  club. 

White  served  the  youth 
of  Fall  River  by  volunteering 
his  time  and  energy  for  some 
72  years,  both  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club,  and  also  as  a 
youth  basketball  and  base¬ 
ball  coach. 

"It’s  so  rewarding,  being 
able  to  have  people  come  up 
to  you  and  talk  to  you,  even 
outside  of  the  club,"  Edge 
said,  noting  how  younger 
kids,  the  5-,  6-  and  7-year- 
olds  she  works  with  as  a  club 
volunteer  after  school  come 
up  to  her  to  say  hello  even 
out  in  public,  out  of  respect 
and  appreciation  for  what 
she  does  for  them  in  the  pro¬ 
gram.  "Just  helping  out  is  so 
much  fun,  it  makes  you  feel 
so  good.” 

"You  can  tell,  for  most  of 
the  kids,  you're  a  big  part  of 
.  their  life/ 

Edge  will  use  the  scholar¬ 
ship  to  help  pay  her  tuition  at 
Bristol  Community  College, 
which  she  will  study  liberal 
arts  this  fall.  She  plans  to 
pursue  a  career  in  human 
services. 

Papoula  feels  it  is  the 
.  dedication  of  volunteers 
;  such  as  Edge  that  can  help 
give  today's  youngsters  the 
inspiration  to  make  the  most 


MEMBERS  of  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club’s  Swim  Team, 
above,  proudly  show  off  the 
trophies  they  earned  after  a 
successful  season. 

TANISH  DACAMARA,  9, 

left,  and  her  brother,  Alex. 

12,  were  happy  to  receive 
trophies  for'their  hard  work 
in  Homework  Club.  Their 
parents,  Paul  and  Anna 
DaCamara,  said  they  were 
very  proud  of  their  children’s 
afterschool  achievements. 

MICHAEL  MASSOUD,  12, 

below  left,  Melyssa  Looker, 

13,  and  twins  Amanda  and 
Kyle  Couture,  13,  reminisce 
over  a  turkey  dinner  about 
the  past  season  as  members 
of  the  club’s  Swim  Team. 


of  their  talents  and  abilities. 

"If  it  were  not  for  Abe 
White  coaching  me  as  a 
youngster,  none  of  this 
would  have  ever  happened 
for  me,"  Papoula  said. 

Mimi  Larrivee,  teen  direc¬ 
tor  at  the  Greater  Fall  River 
Boys  &  Girls  Club,  says  she 
is  pleased  for  Edge  on  her 
achievement,  and  is  proud 
to  have  wathched  Edge  grow 
over  the  years  and  become  a 
leader  to  her  peers. 

"She  gets  involved  in  ev¬ 
erything  we  offer  here,"  said 
Larrivee.  "She  always  goes 
above  and  beyond  and  help 
out  anyone.” 

Peter  McCarthy,  the  clubs 
executive  director,  led  the 
evening  ceremony  in  die 
gymnasium,  in  which  doz¬ 
ens  of  club  members  were 
awarded  for  their  particpa- 
tion  in  a  number  of  club  ac¬ 
tivities,  from  the  Swim  Team 
to  homework  club,  which 
-  provides  a  forum  for  kids  to 
complete  their  school  as¬ 
signments  in  die  afterschool 
program. 

"This  really  encourages 
families  to  come  together," 
McCarthy  said,  of  the  annual 
banquet.  "We  really  want 
parents  to  enjoy  this  night 
out  with  their  children." 


JORDAN  GAGNE,  right, 
receives  a  Certificate  of 
Achievement  and  a  sweat¬ 
shirt  for  his  participation  in 
the  Keystone  Club,  from  club 
president,  Kasey  Edge,  left, 
and  Mimi  Larrivee,  teen 
program  director  for  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club. 


Thursday,  June  16,  2005 


The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


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Keystone  goes  to  the  hoop 

Boys  and  Girls  Club  raises  funds  for  teen  center 


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By  NATE  SILVA 

Fall  River  Spirit  Correspondent 

The  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Club  recent¬ 
ly  held  a  basketball  tournement,  organized 
byTeen  Director  Mimi  Larrivee  ,to  help  fund 
teen  programming  at  the  club.  The  club  is 
building  a  new  teen  center,  and  the  club 
hoped  to  raise  $3,000  to  help  furnish  and 
operate  the  new  facility. 


This  is  the  3rd  year  the  club  has  held  af 
basketball  tournement,  with  many  par¬ 
ticipants  involved  in  the  clubs  Keystone 
Program,  which  is  a  leadership  group  that 
gives  teenagers  in  the  area  the  opportunty 
to  make  a  difference  through  community 
service. 

Twenty-five  local  businesses  also  spon- 
sered  the  event,  which  attracted  players 
from  all  through-out  the  South  Coast  area. 


The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


Good 

Family  Fun 

KHALIL  BADREDDINE, 

11,  center,  and  his  sister, 
Nataly,  8,  students  at  the 
Frank  M.  Silvia  School,  en¬ 
joy  the  exhibits  at  the  recent 
Family  Fun  Day,  held  at  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club.  The  Mas¬ 
sachusetts  Children’s  Trust 
Fund  sponsored  the  event, 
which  featured  a  popular 
exhibit  on  milking  a  cow, 
presented  by  the  organizers 
of  the  Children’s  Museum  of 
Greater  Fall  River. 

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Photo  by  RICK  SNIZEK/ 
Fall  River  Spirit 

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Cherishing  Family 


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STROTHERS  from 
the  Vikings  team  of 
Wareham  makes  a 
basket  during  the 
tournement. 

Photos  by  NATE  SILVA/ 
Fall  River  Spirit 


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By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 


See  FAMILIES,  Page  8 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 

ALEXIS-ANN  SAUCIER,  10, 

above,  and  her  mother,  Jamie 
Boissoneault,  have  fun  making  a 
beaded  bracelet  together. 

AT  RIGHT.  Boys  &  Girls  Club  staff 
members  Kaitlyn  Piela,  left,  and 
Liz  Rammuno  give  visitor  Trinity 
Willis,  3,  an  up-close  look  at  the 
cow  brought  in  for  an  agricultural 
demonstration. 


It  was  a  symbolic 
and  exciting  way 
to  kick  off  the  10th 
anniversary  of  Fall 
River  Family  Fun  Day. 
With  more  than  100  chil¬ 
dren  waiting  anxiously 
on  the  steps  of  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  on  Bedford 
Street,  a  dozen  doves  were 
released  from  the  far  end 
of  the  parking  lot,  quickly 
taking  flight  and  racing 
into  the  sky.  With  the  mes¬ 
sage  of  peace  symbolized 
by  the  doves  firmly  im¬ 
printed  in  their  minds,  the 
children  and  their  parents 
flooded  the  grounds  of 
the  club,  which  hosted  the 
event,  in  conjunction  with 
the  Massachusetts  Chil¬ 
dren’s  Trust  Fund.  April  is 
Child  Abuse  Prevention 
Month,  and  Family  Fun 
Day  is  an  annual  celebra¬ 
tion  of  the  positive  influ¬ 
ences  strong  families  have 
on  children. 

“Child  abuse  and  ne¬ 
glect  happens  in  the  best 
of  families,”  said  Donalda 
Silva,  a  CTF  board  mem¬ 
ber  and  Fall  River  resident 
who  coordinates  statewide 
initiatives  for  the  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Public  Health  in 
Boston.  “Neglect  can  be 
something  as  simple  as 
not  scheduling  regular 
doctor’s  appointments  for 
a  child.  That’s  a  form  of 
neglect.” 

Tables  were  set  up  with 
information  and  staffed 
by  a  number  of  area  social 
service  agencies,  includ- 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  hosts 
3-on-3  hoop  tournament 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River,  a  United  Way  agency,  hosted  its  third  annu¬ 
al  3-on-3  Basketball  Hoop-La  Tournament  this  past 
I  Saturday. 

More  than  20  teams  competed  in  the  tournament 
which  raised  more  than  $2,500  to  help  support  teen 
programs  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

The  champion  in  the  12-14-year-old  boys'  divi¬ 
sion  was  T-Unit,  which  included  Tyler  Andrade. 
Tommy  Roberts  and  Kevin  Cabral. 

The  champion  for  the  15-17  age  group  boys’  divi¬ 
sion  was  The  Vikings,  comprised  of  Devin  Stanley. 
Aaron  Strothers  and  Jason  Watkins.  The  18-plus 
men's  division  champion  was  K-Way,  which  includ¬ 
ed  Frank  Stephenson.  Kyle  Whalen.  Jamal  Johnson 
and  Avery  Oliver.  \  .  \  S 

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Herald  News  Photos  I  OMAR  BRADLEY 

Devin  Stanley,  above,  flies  over  Sharotty  Scott  to 
grab  a  rebound,  while  Ken  Franklin,  top  right,  bat¬ 
tles  Sonny  Mello  for  a  loose  ball  during  3-on-3  bas¬ 
ketball  tournament  action  on  Saturday  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club.  Meanwhile,  Corey  Gonsalves,  below 
right,  awaits  his  turn  on  the  court. 


8  Thursday,  April  21 , 2005 


The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


Families:  Spending  time  together  is  celebrated 


CONTINUED  FROM  PAGE  1 

ing  the  Women,  Infants  & 
Children  Program;  Family 
Service  Association;  Greater  , 
Fall  River  Healthy  Families 
Collaborative,  Fail  River  Fire 
Department;  CTF  and  the 
United  Neighbors  of  Fall 
River.  Along  with  the  fun, 
face-painting  and  games, 
some  of  the  most  popular  ex¬ 
hibits  allowed  children  to  try 
their  hands  at  milking  a  cow 

—  sponsored  by  the  Greater 
Fall  River  Children’s  Museum 

—  and  a  visit  to  the  Fall  River 
Fire  Department's  education 
trailer  that  teaches  about  the 
dangers  of  fire. 

"These  programs  all  work 
to  strengthen  parents,"  said 
Silva,  who  noted  that  many 
offer  classes  for  parents  to 
help  them  reduce  stress  in 
their  lives. 

"If  we  support  parents  in 
their  role,  kids  will  have  a 
lot  more  coming  their  way 
than  if  the  family  network  is 
dissapating.  A  lot  of  moms  go 
home  after  birth  to  an  empty 
apartment.” 

The  CTF’s  goal  is  not  to 
go  into  a  home  environment 
and  try  to  fix  what  is  wrong 
but,  rather,  to  build  upon 
that  which  is  positive.  The 
organization  provides  re¬ 
sources  and  education  to  try 
to  help  parents  build  upon 
their  strengths  to  fortify  their 
family  unit. 

"They  are  paired  with 
home  visitors  who  are  picked 
and  trained  to  reflect  the 
community  they're  based  in," 
said  Silva,  who  added  that 
the  certified  home  visitors  re¬ 
ceive  more  than  100  hours  of 
training  in  a  variety  of  areas, 
including  cultural  sensitivity. 

In  March,  the  CTF  spon¬ 
sored  the  12th  annual  Fami¬ 
lies  Together  Art  Contest,  in 
which  children  from  area 
schools  were  encouraged  to 
draw  a  picture  of  their  fami¬ 
lies  enjoying  a  favorite  activ¬ 
ity  together.  On  Saturday,  the 
winners  were  announced, 
with  bicycles  and  helmets 
being  awarded  to  the  top 
two  drawings,  as  chosen  by 
a  panel  of  judges,  and  large 
telescopes  being  awarded  to 
several  other  students. 

First-place  winners  were: 
Micaeli  Robeiro,  Grade  3, 
Frank  M.  Silvia  School;  Ivo 
Ferreira,  Grade  4,  Ralph  M. 


Small  School;  and  Autumn 
Fonseca,  Grade  5,  Westport 
Middle  School. 

Second-place  winners 
were:  Alexis  Belanger,  Grade 
3,  Westport  Elementary 
School;  Ashley  Dumont, 
Grade  4,  Susan  H.  Wixon 
School;  and  Casey  Wright, 
Grade  5,  Coughlin  School. 

Third-place  winners  were: 
Yvonne  Kalunga,  Grade  3, 
William  S.  Greene  School; 
Rasca  Sunn,  Grade  4,  Ralph 
M.  Small  School;  and  Finesse 
Medeiros,  Grade  5,  Ralph  M. 
Small  School. 

Honorable  Mention  win¬ 
ners  were:  Jonathan  Costa 
and  Connie  Pereira,  Grade 
3,  Chace  Street  Elementary 
School,  Somerset;  Airton  Su¬ 
arez,  Grade  3,  Frank  M.  Silvia 
School;  Amber  St.  Pierre, 
Grade  3,  Davol  School;  Kasey 
Andrade,  Grade  3,  William  S. 
Greene  School;  Canntya  Keo, 
Grade  4,  Small  School;  Lau¬ 
ren  Smith,  Grade  4,  North 
Elementary,  Somerset;  Scott 
Goncalves,  Grade  4,  Small 
School;  Catia  Ponte,  Grade  4, 
Wixon  School;  Melissa  Kim, 
Grade  4,  Small  School;  Rob¬ 
ert  Alves,  Grade  5,  Greene 
School;  Sarah  Medeiros, 
Grade  5,  Coughlin  School, 
Brandon  Kadlec,  Grade  5, 
Small  School;  Talissa  Jordan, 
Grade  5,  Greene  School;  and 
Jocelyn  Furtado,  Grade  5, 
Chace  Elementary,  Somerset. 

Susan  Bartley,  CTF  execu¬ 
tive  director,  says  parenting 
is  the  most  difficult  job  in  the 
world,  and  that  parents  don’t 
have  to  feel  they  are  going  it 
alone  —  there  are  resources 
available  to  help  make  that 
job  more  manageable.  Bart¬ 
ley  says  she  especially  enjoys 
surprising  the  winners  of 
the  art  contest  each  year,  as 
she  did  again  this  year,  along 
with  some  help  from  Mayor 
Edward  M.  Lamber  Jr.  and 
Dr.  Odette  Amarelo,  director 
of  bi-lingual  education  for 
the  Fall  River  School  Depart¬ 
ment. 

"There’s  nothing  like 
seeing  the  expression  on  a 
kid’s  face  when  they  get  their 
bicycle,"  she  said. 

Silva  says  parents  should 
always  remember  that  the 
time  they  spend  with  their 
kids  is  invaluable. 

“It’s  a  family  fun  day  to  re¬ 
mind  everybody  that  family 
is  the  most  important  thing.” 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/ 
Fall  River  Spirit 


JENELLE  CAMARA,  7, 

above,  is  a  about  shy  about 
petting  a  dove  before  it  is 
released  into  the  sky  at  the 
start  of  Family  Fun  Day. 


RAHEEL  MIR,  9,  left,  his 
sister,  Baila,  7,  and  friend 
Mohammed  Almaleh,  7, 
admire  the  seedlings  they 
just  planted  inside  plastic 
cups  to  take  home. 


TAREK  ASSAKER,  1 1 , 

below,  makes  his  way 
down  the  ladder  of  the  Fire 
Department's  training  trailer, 
with  Terell  Dubois,  10,  not 
far  behind  and  Capt.  Mike 
Silvia  looking  on  below. 


DANIELLE  SANTOS,  11,  above,  left,  Makayla  Dion,  9,  and  Brianna  Costa,  8,  who  study  dance  with  Danielle  Valcourt 
at  CD  Rec,  entertain  the  crowd. 

LOUISA  PUGH,  below,  left,  Robin  Grigg  and  Kayla  Chouinard,  seniors  at  Dartmouth  High  School,  entertain  the  crowd 
as  part  of  an  ensemble  string  orchestra  of  junior  high  and  high  school  students  from  Dartmouth. 


DONALDA  SILVA,  above  left,  and  Ray  Gordon,  of  the  Greater 
Fall  River  Children’s  Museum,  create  a  bonnet  out  of  a  coffee 
filter  and  tape  as  UMass  Dartmouth  students  Jason  Miller,  left, 
Laura  Senst,  Laura  Sullivan  and  Lucas  Rhodes  look  on.  The 
students  have  been  assisting  museum  organizers  as  part  of  a 
school  project. 


Taunton  Daily  Gazette 


Thursday.  July  28,  2005 


REGION 


Camp  Welch  offers  many 

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opportunities  for  children 


KATE  GORMAN 
I  u  trial  Register  News  Service 


FREETOWN  —  Beckon¬ 
ing  young  campers  with  its 
130  acres,  hiking  trails,  two 
dimming  pools  with  water 
ffides  and  sports  fields, 
'amp  Welch  has  kept  kids 
IVmn  the  Fall  River  area  com¬ 
ing  summer  after  summer 
nr  more  than  100  years. 

Founded  in  1882  and  oper- 
,i  ,1  by  the  Thomas  Chew 
i  tnorial  Boys  and  Girls 
iub,  it  is  the  oldest  camp  in 
the  nation  and  has  every- 
1 1  ling  a  camp  should  have. 

There  are  pine  trees, 
wuoden  cabins,  bugs,  and 
picnic  benches  stained  with 
paint  from  arts  and  crafts 
projects  of  yesteryear.  little 
v,1  under  why  no  one  seems  to 
be  able  to  get  enough  of  the 
place. 

Day  Camp  Program  Direc¬ 
tor  Kevin  Vorro  has  been  at 
||U.  camp  for  16  years  and 


said  many  of  the  counselors 
were  once  campers. 

“We  like  to  say  that 
together,  the  three  camp 
directors  have  over  100  years 
of  experience,”  said  Mimi 
Larrivee,  day  camp  program 
director  and  teen  director  at 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in 
Fall  River  during  the  school 
year. 

Camp  Welch  boasts  a  low 
counselor  turn-over  rate  and 
Larrivee  says  the  camp  only 
need  to  hire  10  new  coun¬ 
selors  a  summer. 

Camp  Welch  is  all  about 
large  numbers.  Supporting 
250  day  campers,  100  resi¬ 
dent  overnight  campers  and 
more  than  50  staff  members, 
the  only  small  thing  about 
the  place  is  the  price  tag. 

Larrivee  says  the  camp 
fees  operate  on  a  “sliding 
scale”  based  on  the  parents 
income. 

A  parent  can  expect  to  pay 
around  $50  per  week  for 


their  child,  and  every  addi¬ 
tional  child  goes  to  camp 
half-price.  The  highest  a  fam¬ 
ily  will  ever  pay  per  week  tor 
the  day  camp  is  $80.  For  the 
overnight  camp,  “No  one 
pays  more  than  $120  per 
week,"  says  Larrivee. 

“We  have  a  lot  of  inner-city 
kids,  and  for  most  this  is 
their  only  time  out  of  the 
city. We  cater  to  them,  but  we 
have  kids  from  Dartmouth, 
Somerset  and  even  a  couple 
from  New  Hampshire,’  says 
Larrivee. 

Despite  the  large  sue,  it 
seems  that  almost  everyone 
knows  each  other  at  "Camp 
Welch.  Larrivee  is  bombard¬ 
ed  by  campers  everywhere 
she  goes  and  can  address 
each  camper  by  name. 

She  looks  to  the  pool  to 
watch  a  boy  —  who  Lamvee 
says  was  afraid  of  the  water 
a  week  ago  —  take  the  swim 
test,  and  plays  a  practical 
joke  on  Cassie  Benjamin,  12, 
by  •  requesting  over  her  wal¬ 
kie-talkie  that  the  office 
announce  her  name  over  the 
intercom,  which  can  be 
heard  across  the  whole 


_ - -  Staff  photos  by  PAUL  ROBINSON 

,  ^  1  „riiipn  14  of  Fall  River,  who  wears  a  heavy  hat  and 

The  heat  doesn't  seem  to  bother  Evely  ’  '  y  ,  ,  j  Freet0wn  yesterday  afternoon, 

sweater  in  90  degree  weather  yesterday  at  Camp  Welch  in 


nuinda  Wyman,  10,  of  BerUey,  keeps  h«  e^es  on  the 
ball  as  she  juggles  three  tennis  balls  at  Camp  Welc 


camp.  ,  , 

“Cassie  Benjamin,  please 
see  Mimi,”  the  intercom 
blares,  and  Cassie  giggles. 

With  facilities  and  equip¬ 
ment  that  allow  for  any 
number  of  activities,  kids 
can  easily  get  in  on  a  game  ot 
baseball,  soccer,  basketball, 
four-square  or  street  hockey. 
They  can  also  jump  rope, 
play  board  games  and  draw 
if  the  moment  strikes  them. 

The  camp  is  unique  in 
that  it  does  not  place 
campers  into  small  groups 
led  by  a  group  counselor. 
Instead,  Camp  Welch  staffs 
the  different  activities,  stalls 
the  pools  with  15  lifeguards 
and  virtually  lets  the  kids  go 
as  they  may. 

“The  kids  can  choose  what 
activities  they  want  to  go  to 
and  they  stay  at  them  for  45 


minutes  to  an  hour,”  says 
Larrivee. 

Aquatics  Director  Momca 
Tavanes  is  in  her  10th  sum¬ 
mer  at  the  camp  and  says 
Camp  Welch’s  free  structure 
makes  the  camp  more  fun 
than  others. 

“We  don’t  force  the  kids  to 
go  to  any  specific  activity  if 
they  don’t  want  to  be  there. 
They  can  pick  what  they 
want  to  play,  and  it’s  much 
better  that  way,  says 
Tavanes. 

Larrivee  says  Gamp 
Welch’s  policy  of  “safety  first, 
fun  second”  is  strongly 
emphasized  to  the  campers 
and  staff. 

“We’ve  never  had  any 
major  accidents  because 
we’re  not  lenient  when  it 
comes  to  safety.  We  go  above 
and  beyond  to  ensure  the 
safety  of  our  campers,  Lar- 
rivee  says. 

For  structure,  Gamp 
Welch  divides  the  campers 
into  four  larger  groups, 


including  the  older  over¬ 
night  campers  and  the  Gar- 
dinals,  who  are  the  youngest 
campers  and  range  from 
ages  5  to  7  and  receive  more 
supervision.  .  e 

“The  Cardinals  are  kind  ot 
a  separate  camp.  None  of  the 
older  campers  go  to  activities 
or  play  with  the  younger 
campers,”  says  Lamvee. 

The  Mohawks  are 
campers  that  are  picked  up 
and  dropped  off  at  the  camp 
by  their  parents  everyday, 
and  the  “day  campers”  are 
dropped  off  by  their  parents 
at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  m 
Fall  River  and  taken  by  bus 
to  camp  every  morning  and 
back  in  the  afternoon. 

Mohawks  and  day  camp¬ 
ers  may  start  arriving  as 
early  as  7  a.m,  and  stay  until 
5:30  p.m.  A  hot  breakfast 
and  lunch  are  provided  every 
day  to  all  campers. 

CJ  Combs,  11,  says 
Wednesdays  are  “picnic 
days”  at  the  camp  and  lunch 


includes  hot  dogs  and  bind¬ 
ers.  “We  have  pizza  on  Fri¬ 
day,"  he  says. 

The  resident  overnight 
campers  intermix  with  the 
rest  of  the  camp  during  the 
day,  but  remain  at  camp 
Sunday  to  Friday. 

Campers  who  stay 
overnight  enjoy  a  daffy  night 
swim,  dinner,  campfire  and 
Thursday  skit  night. 

Members  of  the  Iroquois 
cabin  acted  out  two  commer¬ 
cials:  one  where  they  tried  to 

sell  chocolate-flavored  naff 
polish,  and  one  for  cheese  m 

a  can.  , 

“At  camp,  I’ve  made  a  lot 
of  new  friends  and  we  keep 
in  touch  during  the  school 
year,”  says  Lauren  Monast, 
12,  of  Fall  River  who  is  in  the 
Iroquois  cabin. 

Typically,  camp  is  1U 
weeks  long,  but  due  to  snow 
days  last  winter  Camp 
Welch  will  end  its  summer 
after  only  nine  weeks  on 
Sept.  2, 


The  great  outdoors 


Kate  Gorman 

Special  to  The  Herald  News 

FREETOWN  —  Beckoning 
young  campers  with  its  130  acres, 
hiking  traife,  two  swimming 
pools  with  water  slides  and 
sports  fields.  Camp  Welch  has 
kept  kids  from  the  Fall  River 
area  coming  summer  after 
summer  for  centuries  —  literally. 

Founded 
in  1882  and 
operated  by 
the  Thomas 
Chew 
Memorial 
Boys  and 
Girls  Club,  it 
is  the  oldest  camp  in  the  nation 
and  has  everything  a  camp 
should  have. 

There  are  pine  trees,  wooden 
cabins,  bugs,  and  picnic  benches 
stained  with  paint  from  mis  and 
crafts  projects  of  yesteryear. 

Little  wonder  why  no  one  seems 
Turn  to  CAMP,  Page  A7 

Sydney  Correlra,  6,  tries  to 
bring  a  moth  In  for  a  closer  look 
at  Camp  Welch  recently. 

Herald  News  Photo  I  Jack  Foley 


8  Images 
Welch;PB1 


Region 

■  —  Heralii  Neuia 


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Sunday 

July  24, 2005 


^  |iq|ob 


Not-so-lazy  days  of  summer 


While  area  resi¬ 
dents  struggled 
during  the  past 
week  to  combat 
high  tempera¬ 
tures  and 
humidity,  young¬ 
sters  enrolled  at 
Camp  Welch  in 
Freetown  found 
numerous  ways 
to  beat  the 
summer  heat.- 
The  camp  is 
operated  by  the 
Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  of 
Fall  River. 
Clockwise  from 
above,  David 
Desrochers,  8. 
center,  makes  a 
move  during  a 
game  of 
Candyland 
played  on  a 
shady  picnic 
table,  with 
Lindsey 
Anderson.  10. 
and  Hannah 
Chapman,  7, 
watching,  Coree 
Gonzales,  1 1 , 
flexes  his  mus¬ 
cles  as  he  hur¬ 
tles  down  a  slide 
and  into  the 
camp  pool. 
Overnight 
campers  Brittany 
Benjamin.  10. 

left,  Sarah 
Magliocchettl 
and  Alison 
Medeiros,  9,  are 
pictured  through 
the  screen  of 
their  cabin 
"Iroquois."  Noah 
Quental,  9, 
unleashes  a 
mighty  throw 
during  a  game  of 
dodgeball. 


Herald  News  Photos 
I  Jack  Foley 


WILLIAM 
ECCLES  JR., 

executive  vice 
president  of 
the  Fall  River 
Five  Cents 
Savings  Bank, 
presents  Irene 
Orlando  with 
the  Home¬ 
town  Hero 
Award. 


nHtSCHEW 

Utioriai 

BOW  k  GIRLS  CU.H 


Honoring  a  Hiw 

Lifetime 

Service 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 


‘AUNTIE  IRENE’  ORLANDO,  top,  embraces  Boys  &  Girls  Club  members 
Dana  Oliver  11,  left,  and  Jordan  Moniz,  12,  right,  while  Dana's  younger 
brother,  Kwest  Oliver,  7,  and  Kasey  Edge,  17,  the  club’s  recently  named 
Youth  of  the  Year,  share  in  the  fun  of  the  moment,  top. 

STUDENTS  AND  STAFF  applaud  Orlando  as  she  is  awarded,  above. 


Longtime  Boys  &  Girls  Club  volunteer  ‘Auntie 
Irene’  Orlando  is  named  Hometown  Hero 

By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

While  people  may  not  do  so  on 
purpose,  it  isn’t  uncommon 
to  hear  them  refer  to  the  facil¬ 
ity  on  Bedford  Street  that  has 
served  as  a  home  away  from  home  for  local 
youths  for  decades  as  the  “Boys  Club.”  Most 
people  will  let  the  slip  go  by  without  so  much 
as  a  mention,  but  not  everyone  will. 

“It's  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club,”  Irene  Orlando 
will  say  adamantly.  A  well-known  and  well- 
respected  figure  at  the  club  for  50  years  now, 
Orlando,  known  affectionately  by  all  who  walk 
through  the  doors  here  as  “Auntie  Irene,”  just 

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wants  to  set  the  record 
straight.  While  girls  and 
young  ladies  may  not  have 
been  welcome  when  she  was 
first  introduced  to  what  was 
then  the  Boys  Club,  when  it 
was  located  downtown,  times 
have  changed.  As  a  young 
girl,  she  would  quietly  visit 
the  club  on  weekends,  when 
her  brothers  were  working 
there.  Over  the  years,  Irene 
would  come  to  make  the 
club  her  home  away  from 
home,  getting  involved  in  as 
many  activities  as  she  could. 
She  would  grow  to  become  a 
positive  adult  role  model  for 
youngsters  who  looked  up 
to  her,  volunteering  her  time 
whenever  she  could,  with  the 
years  turning  into  decades.  At 
the  half-century  mark  of  her 
service  to  the  club,  she  shows 
no  sign  of  letting  up. 

On  May  12,  more  than  100 
members  and  staff  of  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  gathered  in 
the  gymnasium  to  let  Irene 
know  just  how  much  she  is 
appreciated  in  the  commu¬ 
nity. 

Irene  was  presented  with 
Fall  River  Five  Cents  Sav¬ 
ings  Bank's  Hometown  Hero 
Award,  followed  by  citations 
from  Mayor  Edward  M.  Lam¬ 
bert  and  the  offices  of  state 
Sen.  Joan  Menard  and  state 
Rep.  Michael  Rodrigues. 

All  the  while,  youngsters, 
staff  and  several  members 
of  Irene's  family  cheered 
loudly.  WSAR  morning  radio 
personality  "Happy  Hec” 
Gauthier,  accompanied  by 
fellow  broadcaster  Mike 
Moran,  recorded  a  congratu¬ 
latory  cheer  for  Irene  that  he 
planned  to  play  on  the  air  the 
next  morning. 

"For  over  50  years,  she 
has  spent  countless  hours  at 
the  club  making  a  difference 
in  many  young  lives,”  said 
William  R.  Eccles  Jr.,  execu¬ 
tive  vice  president  of  the  Fall 
River  Five  Cents  Savings 
Bank.  Eccles  said  that  in  her 
nomination  of  Irene  for  the 
honor,  which  was  started  in 
1993  by  the  bank  in  conjunc¬ 
tion  with  radio  station  WSAR 
to  recognize  individuals  in 


the  community  for  heroic 
deeds,  acts  of  kindness  and 
exceptional  volunteer  efforts, 
Fall  River  Five  Vice  President 
Joan  Medeiros  noted  that 
kids  often  stop  by  for  a  hug 
from  Irene  before  they  leave 
for  the  night. 

"Though  Irene  feels  she 
isn’t  doing  anything  special, 
it  is  clear  to  see  that  her  in¬ 
volvement,  whether  serving 
as  vice  president  of  the  club's 
board  of  directors,  running 
weekly  bingo,  supervising 
the  Teen  Center  or  arranging 
to  get  a  car  for  a  parent  who 
has  a  child  at  the  club,  Irene 
has  devoted  years  of  her  life 
to  make  a  difference,”  Eccles 
added. 

Irene  has  also  given  of 
her  time  in  other  commu¬ 
nity  endeavors,  including 
coordinating  dinners  at  the 
Rocking  Horse  Restaurant  to 
feed  the  less  fortunate  during 
the  holidays.  She  also  serves 
as  a  Eucharistic  Minister 
in  her  parish  at  Holy  Ro¬ 
sary  Church,  and  often  visits 
nursing  homes  to  administer 
communion  to  those  who 
cannot  make  ot  to  church. 

She  is  also  a  member  of  the 
St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society. 

”1  think  she  really  deserves 
it,"  says  Dana  Oliver,  11, 
a  student  at  the  WUlima  S. 
Greene  School,  as  Irene  is 
presented  with  her  honors. 

"She's  always  talking  to 
us,”  says  Kwest  Oliver,  7, 
a  student  at  the  Atlantis 
Charter  School.  “That's  what 
Auntie  Irene  does  for  me." 

"She  helps  me  out  when 
I’m  in  trouble,”  adds  Jordan 
Moniz.  12.  a  student  at  the 
Morton  Middle  School. 

Although  she  has  spent 
her  life  working  to  make  kids 
feel  safe  and  comfortable 
when  visiting  the  club,  Irene 
was  not  able  to  participate  in 
activities  of  the  club  in  earlier 
times  when  females  were  not 
allowed. 

"I  was  12,”  Irene  recalls  of 
when  she  first  came  to  what 
was  then  the  "Boys  Club”  on 
Anawan  Street.  "No  girls  were 
allowed,  and  my  brothers 
worked  there.  I  could  go  on 
Sunday  when  my  brothers 
cleaned." 

"Ever  since  I  can  re¬ 


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member,  I’ve  been  involved 
with  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club," 
notes  Irene,  who  worked  for 
more  than  40  years  for  the 
Louis  Hand  Co.,  which  later 
became  Aberdeen  Manufac¬ 
turing.  “I’m  here  almost  every 
day.  Eve  been  volunteering 
for  50  years  and  I'm  here 
whenever  the  kids  need  me.” 

He  husband.  Fred  Or¬ 
lando,  says  Irene  is  always 
talking  about  her  experiences 
working  with  the  youngsters 
at  the  club. 

"I  think  this  is  a  great  trib¬ 
ute  for  something  she’s  done 
for  a  lot  of  years,  Orlando 
says  proudly  of  his  wife's 
honor.  "Almost  every  day 
she's  down  here  helping  out 
doing  things.  All  someone 
has  to  say  is  they  need  her 
help  and  she's  there." 

Roseann  Correia,  Irene’s 
niece,  says  she  is  so  proud 
to  see  her  aunt  honored 
for  something  she  loves  so 
much. 

"I  started  coming  to  the 
club  when  1  was  a  kid  and 
Auntie  Irene  was  already 
here,"  Correia  says.  “This 
club  has  been  her  life.” 

Miml  Larrivee,  the  clubs 
Teen  program  director,  has 
known  Irene  perhaps  the  lon- 


HAPPY  HEC’  GAUTHIER, 

above,  records  a  cheer  for 
’Auntie  Irene’  that  he  will  play 
for  WSAR  listeners  the  next 
morning  during  the  radio 
program  he  hosts  with  Mike 
Moran. 

WILLIAM  ECCLES  JR.,  left, 
joins  Irene  Orlando  as  she 
shares  her  Hometown  Hero 
Award  with  the  youngsters 
who  fill  her  days  with  joy  at 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/ 
Fall  River  Spirit 


gest  of  anyone  at  the  club. 

"Auntie  Irene's  known  me 
since  birth,"  Larrivee  says. 
"She  grew  up  in  the  Ital¬ 
ian  neighborhood  around 
Columbus  Park,  and  when  I 
started  coming  here  as  a  kid, 
I’d  see  her  here,  too " 

Irene  is  always  available  to 
help  her  out  with  the  “Smart 
Moves”  graduations,  a  pro¬ 
gram  that  helps  put  teens  on 
a  path  to  success. 

"It’s  her  time  that’s  so  valu¬ 
able  to  the  club,”  Larrivee 
says.  "When  she  comes  in 


here  she  always  smiles,  and 
when  she  is  leaving ,  she’s 
always  smiling." 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  says  that  Irene  is  the 
club's  biggest  promoter. 

"She  Sways  talks  up  the 
club,"  he  says.  "And  she  wears 
a  Boys  &  Gilrs  Club  lapel  pin. 
If  she’s  in  Las  Vegas  on  vaca¬ 
tion,  she’ll  have  it  on." 

“She  does  it  because  she 
really  cares,”  McCarthy  says. 
"She  truly  feels  like  they’re  all 
her  grandkids.” 


While  Irene  would  rather 
see  such  attention  lavished 
upon  the  youngsters  than 
herself,  the  occasion  does 
provide  her  with  an  opportu¬ 
nity  to  ensure  that  the  posi¬ 
tive  things  that  the  children 
she  spends  so  much  time 
with  are  not  overshadowed 
by  the  negative  things  that  a 
comparatively  smaller  group 
in  society  do. 

"This  is  what  Fall  River  is 
all  abo^t."  she  says.  These 
are  good  kids.  It’s  good  that 
everybody  gets  to  see  this." 


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WSAR  have  named  Irene 
Orlando  as  the  most  recent 
Hometown  Hero. 

Orlando  has  been  a  dedi¬ 
cated  Boys  &  Girls  Club  volun¬ 
teer  for  more  than  50  years. 

William  R.  Eccles  Jr.,  execu¬ 
tive  vice-president  of  Fall  River 
Five,  presented  Orlando  with 
the  Hometown  Hero  award  at 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  with 
many  of  the  club's  children  and 
young  adults  in  attendance. 

“Irene  is  a  woman  who  is 
passionate  about  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club.  For  over  50  years, 
she  has  spent  countless  hours 
at  the  club  making  a  difference 
in  many  young  lives."  Eccles 
said. 

“When  speaking  about  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club,  she  speaks 
very  eloquently  from  the  heart 
about  the  importance  of  the 
club  and  its  mission."  he  added. 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is 
truly  a  family  affair  for 
Orlando. 

Not  only  have  her  brothers 
worked  at  the  club  but  also 
many  of  her  nieces  and 
nephews  have  grown  up  right 


William  R.  Eccles  Jr.,  executive  vice  president  of  Fall  River  Five 
Cents  Savings  Bank,  presents  Irene  Orlando  with  the  Hometown 
Hero  Award  surrounded  by  children  from  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


in  front  of  her  eyes  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club. 

To  many  of  the  kids  who 
pass  through  the  club's  doors, 
she  is  "Auntie  Irene."  Often, 
kids  will  stop  by  for  a  hug  from 
Irene  before  they  leave  for  the 
night. 


“I  really  don’t  feel  that  I’m 
doing  anything  special."  said 
Orlando.  "My  only  concern  is 
the  well  being  of  the  young 
people  that  come  to  us.” 

"The  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
gives  our  youth  a  place  to  go 
and  things  to  do,"  she  added. 


“Our  Teen  Center  is  the  perfect 
example.  It  keeps  our  youth  off 
the  streets  and  provides  the 
unique  opportunity  to  be  there 
for  them  and  offer  help  should 
they  need  it.” 

Orlando  serves  as  vice  presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Board  of  Directors,  runs 
weekly  bingo,  and  supervises 
the  Teen  Center.  Over  the 
years,  she  has  found  the  time  to 
volunteer  for  other  community 
endeavors. 

Her  past  volunteer  work 
includes  coordinating  dinners 
at  the  Rocking  Horse 
Restaurant  to  feed  the  less  for¬ 
tunate  during  the  holidays. 

She  also  serves  as  a 
eucharistic  minister  at  her 
church  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Saint  Vincent  de  Paul  Society. 

Orlando  lives  in  Fall  River 
with  her  husband,  Fred,  who  is 
also  involved  in  club  activities. 

The  Hometown  Hero  ,Award 
was  established  in  1993  by  the 
Fall  River  Five  Cents  Savings 
Bank  in  cooperation  with 
WSAR  to  recognize  individuals 
in  our  community  for  heroic 
deeds,  acts  of  kindness  and 
exceptional  volunteer  efforts. 


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to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys’  and  Girls’  Club  recently.  Clockwise 
from  below,  Boys’  and  Girls’  Club  Activities  Director  John  Crullo,  second 
from  left,  watches  David  King,  left,  Brandyn  St.  Pierre,  7,  Kyle  Tavares,  7, 
and  Michael  Rodrigues,  8,  right,  play  Foosball  in  the  game  room.  Jacob 
Loubet,  11,  eludes  Adam  Barlow,  14,  in  a  game  of  touch  football.  At  right, 
Joey  DaCruz,  a  Boys’  and  Girls'  Club  councilor  organizes  a  game  of  touch 
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KASEY  EDGE,  joined  by  her  father, 
Robert,  and  nieces  Mackenzie  Gomes, 
10,  and  Kylie  Moniz,  7,  accepts  her 
scholarship  from  Manny  Papoula  in 
front  of  a  plaque  honoring  Abe  White. 

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By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

For  Kasey  Edge,  visiting  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  after  school  most  days  since 
the  age  of  10  has  proven  to  be  one  of 
the  most  rewarding  experiences  of  her 
life.  There,  she  has  made  great  friends, 
inspired  others  to  succeed  and  has  de¬ 
veloped  her  leadership  skills  as  presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Keystone  Club  this  year. 

Her  contributions  to  her  peers  and 
the  community  were  rewarded  Sunday 
night  at  the  annual  banquet  of  the 
Greater  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Club, 
in  which  Edge  was  presented  with  the 
club’s  highest  honor:  the  Youth  of  the 
Year  Award. 

“I  was  so  surprised,  I  wasnt  expect¬ 
ing  it,"  said  Edge,  17,  a  B.M.C.  Durfee 
High  School  senior  after  receiving  the 
award,  which  includes  a  $2,000  college 
scholarship  funded  by  Manny  Papou¬ 
la,  who  credits  his  success  in  life  to  the 
days  he  spent  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
while  growing  up  in  Fall  River. 

“There  are  a  lot  of  different 
teens  here  who  do  a  lot;  I  was  really 
shocked,”  Edge  added. 

The  award,  now  being  given  m  its 
34th  year,  honors  a  club  member  who 
demonstrates  all-around  achievement. 
Members  who  demonstrate  good 
sportsmanship,  are  very  involved  in 
club  activities,  who  volunteer  to  help 
out  at  activities  and  who  also  earn 
good  grades  are  eligible  for  consid¬ 
eration.  Winners  receive  a  certificate, 
and  have  their  names  added  to  a 
plaque  in  the  club’s  lobby  that  recog¬ 
nizes  each  winner  of  the  award  since 
1971,  in  addition  to  receiving  a  schol¬ 
arship  for  college. 

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nine  years  ago  following  a  success¬ 
ful  30-year  career  as  an  educator  in 
the  New  York  City  area.  Papoula  was 
instrumental  in  developing  the  Abe 
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Media  Advisory  September  23,  2005 

Contacts:  For  immediate  release 

Peter  McCarthy,  Executive  Director,  Thomas  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
(508)  672-6340 

Stacie  Charbonneau,  Manager,  The  Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Charitable  Foundation 
(508)235-1368 

David  F.  Guertin,  Jr.,  Consultant 
(401)868-0365 

$1  Million  Grant  Awarded  to  Bovs  &  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River 

It  was  announced  today  that  the  The  Robert  F.  Stoico  /  FIRSTFED  Charitable  Foundation 
will  commit  a  total  of  One  Million  Dollars  to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
in  Fall  River,  making  it  the  largest  single  contribution  to  the  Club’s  Next  Generation  Campaign. 
The  grant  will  be  recognized  in  perpetuity  by  naming  the  new  Youth  Building  addition  “The 
Robert  F.  Stoico  /  FIRSTFED  Youth  Center.” 

At  the  Fall  River  club,  400  children  attend  the  after-school  programs  on  a  daily  basis.  Every 
weekday,  an  average  of  200  children  take  part  in  the  Kids  Cafe  program,  which  serves 
nourishing  meals  to  kids  who  stay  during  the  dinner  hours.  65%  of  the  children  who  attend  the 
club  come  from  low-income  families.  The  campaign  stemmed  from  a  lack  of  space  and  the  need 
in  the  city  to  build  a  Teen  Center.  The  Club  has  answered  the  call  with  the  help  of  the 
community  at  large,  and  significant  donations  like  the  one  from  The  Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Charitable  Foundation. 

Mr.  Stoico,  the  Foundation’s  founding  Chairman,  President  and  CEO  said,  “No  other  place 
offers  such  a  safe  haven  to  the  children  of  Fall  River.  They  do  their  homework  here,  they  eat 
dinner  here,  they  play  here.  We  are  happy  to  help  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  near  their  goal  and  finish  the  construction  of  the  new  Youth  Building  (the  club  must  still 
raise  $  1 .25  million  to  reach  its  campaign  goal).  We  think  they  have  done  a  tremendous  job  and 
congratulate  them  on  the  completion  of  the  building.” 

Chairman  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  Mr.  John  Feitelberg,  said  “Mr.  Stoico  has  stepped  forward 
to  continue  to  support  a  cause  he  personally  believes  in.  We  are  honored  that  he  has  directed  his 
generosity,  and  that  of  the  Foundation,  to  our  organization.”  Board  member  Robert  Bogan  said 
the  club  will  be  “very  honored  to  have  (The  Foundation’s)  name”  on  the  building. 

Peter  McCarthy,  Executive  Director  of  The  Club,  echoed  this  sentiment  in  his  statement, 

“Thanks  to  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Stoico  and  the  Robert  F.  Stoico/  FIRSTFED  Charitable 
Foundation  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  will  be  able  to  provide  additional  services  and  programs  to  the 
youth  of  the  greater  Fall  River  area.” 

The  Club  will  hold  a  building  dedication  on  November  2nd  at  4  pm  to  thank  all  the  major 
contributors  to  the  capital  campaign  and  to  celebrate  a  new  chapter  in  the  life  of  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 


Youth  club 
gets  $1 M ,, 
donation 


FirstFed  bestows  record  grant 


Deborah  Allard-Bernardi 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  The 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  has  received  its 
largest  single  cdntribution  in 
the  history  of  the  organization. 

The  Robert  F. 
Stoico/FirstFed  Charitable 
Foundation  has  made  a  $1  mil¬ 
lion  donation  to  the  club's 
Next  Generation  Campaign. 

The  grant  will  be  recog¬ 
nized  in  perpetuity  by  naming 
the  new  youth  building  addi¬ 
tion  the  Robert  F. 
Stoico/FirstFed  Youth  Center. 

Stoico  said  he  and  members 
of  the  board  “just  felt  this  is 
something  we  wanted  to  do  for 
the  club." 

“It's  a  very  special  place.  It 
does  a  tremendous  job,"  said 


Stoico.  a  club  board  member 
since  1972.  Stoico  is  the  foun¬ 
dation’s  founding  chairman, 
president  and  CEO. 

About  65  percent  of  the  dhil- 
dren  who  attend  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  are  from  low- 
income  families.  It  serves 
some  400  kids  in  its  after¬ 
school  program  daily.  And, 
every  weekday,  an  average  of 
200  children  eat  a  nourishing 
meal  at  the  club's  Kid’s  Cafe 
program. 

"The  number  of  kids  they 
serve  there  is  incredible,"  said 
Stoico.  "Kids  need  a  place  to 
go." 

The  Next  Generation 
Campaign  was  started  to  raise 
funding  to  increase  space  in 
the  once  cramped  club. 

Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  B6 


Herald  News  Photo  I  Jack  Foley 
After  school  Friday  brings  a  human  thank-you  card  to  the  Robert 
F,  Stoico/FirstFed  Charitable  Foundation  in  the  new  wing  of  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


Club:  $1M  grant  is  a 


From  Page  A1 

During  the  past  couple  of 
years,  an  18,000-square-foot 
addition  was  constructed.  A 
Teen  Center  to  serve  its  800 
teen  members  was  built. 
There’s  also  more  room  for 
^Glng  homework  and  playing 


games,  and  a  state-of-the-art 
kitchen  to  run  the  Kids’  Cafe. 

Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy  said  the  large  con¬ 
tribution  will  allow  the  club  to 
"offer  more  programs  and 
services,”  and  give  kids  a  place 
of  their  own. 


"No  other  place  offers  such 
a  safe  haven  to  the  children  of 
Fall  River,"  said  Stoico.  "They 
do  their  homework  here.  They 
eat  dinner  here.  They  play 
here.  We’re  very,  very  happy 
to  help  them  out.  We  feel  fortu¬ 
nate  to  be  able  to  help." 

John  Feitelberg,  chairman 


record 

of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  said 
the  board  will  be  honored  to 
have  the  foundation’s  name  on 
the  building. 

"Mr.  Stoico  has  stepped  for¬ 
ward  to  continue  to  support  a 
cause  he  personally  believes 
in,"  said  Feitelberg. 

The  Robert  F. 

Stoico/FirstFed  Charitable 
Foundation  supports  nonprofit 
organizations  primarily  in 
southeastern  Massachusetts 
and  Rhode  Island.  In  2004,  it 
contributed  $1  million  to  St. 
Anne's  Hospital. 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Next 
Generation  Campaign  must 
still  raise  $1.25  million  to  make 


Herald  News  Photo  I  Jack  Foley 


Board  of  directors  Vice  Chairwoman  Irene  Orlando  tries  juggling  after 
finding  a  box  full  of  balls  in  the  new  wing  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Friday.  "Auntie  Irene"  has  been  with  the  organization  for  50  years. 

Its  goal.  E-mail  Deborah 

The  club’s  new  building  will  Allard-Bernardi  at  / 

be  dedicated  in  November.  dbernardiOheraldnewo-0'"*- 


Sunday  Standard-Times,  New  Bedford  MA 


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T  1  1  a  October  9, 2005  Pane  ca 

a*L5!Ler  race  aids  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


Add  another  race  to  your  fall 
racing  calendar. 

The  first  John  Correiro  Memo¬ 
rial  5k  Road  Race  will  be  held 
next  Sunday  at  noon  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 

The  race,  named  after  the  late 
Fall  River  school  superintendent, 
will  be  run  over  a  fast,  flat  course 
through  downtown  Fall  River, 
"with  a  downhill  finish,”  accord¬ 
ing  to  race  director  Bob  Bogan, 
whom  some  of  you  may  remem¬ 
ber  as  the  Durfee  High  football 
:oach  in  the  early  ’90s. 

Proceeds  from  the  race  will 
>enefit  die  Boys  &  Girls  Club  at 
103  Bedford  St.,  where  the  race 
wfl  start  and  finish.  Work  is  now 
eing  completed  on  a  new  $2.8 
iHion  teen  center  at  the  club. 
There  will  be  cash  awards  of 
.'150,  $100  and  $50  for  the  top 
three  men  and  women,  and  all 


BOB  HANNA 


Running  Notebook 

registered  runners  and  walkers 
will  receive  long-sleeve  T-shirts. 

There  will  also  be  awards  for 
the  winners  in  each  of  six  age  di¬ 
visions:  18-and-under,  19-29  30- 
39, 40-49, 50-59  and  60-and-over 
Entry  fee  is  $15  for  those  regis¬ 
tering  at  needtorace.com  mid 
$18  by  mail  providing  it  is  post¬ 
marked  by  Ttiesday  (Oct  11) 

is°$20entiy  fee  1116  day  °f  race 

For  information,  call  the  Bovs 
&  Girls  Club  at  508-672-6340. 


Boys  &  GirlsClub  wins  $1M  contribution 

i  • -.a  Hnnp  a  trpmendnus 


FALL  RIVER—  The  Robert  F.  FALL  RIVER  ^  ^  ^ 

Stoico/FirstFed  Charitable  , 

Foundation  will  commit  $1  programsona  4a£y  basis.  Every 


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million  to  the  Thomas  Chew  weekday,  an  average  of  200  clul-  found  g  „No  ot£er  lace  clubi  jobn  Feitelberg,  said,  Mr. 
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single  contribution  to  the  club's  tag  meals  to  children  who  stay  children  otFau  mver.  rney  ^  believes  in.  We  are 

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Youth  Center!*  £S2£SX&2X£ 

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LOCAL ! 


Herald  News  Photo  I  Omar  Bradley 


They’re  Off  and  Running 


Fall  River.  This  was  the  inaugural  running  of  the  Correiro  5K  Hace. 


Correiro  Memorial  5K  Road  Race 


Overall  Finishers 

1  Santoro.  Robert  (No.  Easlon)  15:17,  2.  Reed, Jell  (Fall 
River)  17:15.  3.  Howland.  'Clay  (Providence  Rl)  1742  4^ 
Westerling.  Heidi  (Narragansett.  Rl)  17:55 >.  5-  Walsh.  Brendan 
(Fall  River)  18  03,  6.  Medeiros,  Brendan  (FaH  River)  ia04,  7. 
Mathews,  Joann  (Dartmouth)  18:14.  8.  Foster.  Bnan  (Fairtiavan) 
18:36.  9  Quinn  Matt  (Somerset)  10.  Boxler  Matt 

(Westport)  18:55. 11  Brough,  Fran  (Fall  River)  ^-OS.  12.  Bogan, 
Jennifer  (Swansea)  19:09.  13.  Del  Colle  Jennifer  (BnstoL  Rl) 
19:15,  14.  Fuller.  Jon  (Portsmouth,  Rl)  19:18,15.  Ribeiro  Peter 
(Dartmouth)  19:35.  16.  Pimentel,  Carlos  (Fall  R,v®r)  20  °6' 
Correiro.  Justin  (Fall  River)  20:13.  10  ^$37  20 

Bedlord)  20:35.  19  Tavares.  Bruce  (Somerset)  20.J/,  zu, 
Barbero,  Carlos  (New  Bedlord)  20:45 ,  21 .  Sl^s,'e'lj';  Jfr?r®n,C?e 
(Warwick,  Rl)  20:49.  22.  Boudreau.  MadalenaJFall  R^er)  20.52 
23  Costa.  P.J.  (New  Bedlord)  20:59.  24  T.mberlake,  Kevin  (FaH 
River)  21:02.  25.  Botelho.  John  (Fall  River)  21:32 

26.  Quinn  Michael  (Fall  River)  21:39,  27 Michalewlch,  Liam 
(Fall  River)  21:43,  28  Correiro,  John  (Little  Compton,  Rl  i  21.48, 

29  Schepis  John  (Attleboro)  21:49.  30.  Boudreau  .No-man  (Fall 
River)  22:04,  31.  Medeiros.  Jennifer  (Westport)  22.07.  32. 
Gustafson.  Andrew  (Fall  River)  22:10,  33.  Bernier,  Allen  (Fall 
River)  22:33.  34  Pemberton,  Nick  (E  Freetown)  22-34.  35- 
Fellows.  Rachel  (Westport)  22:38,  36.  ^cGuiness.  Wni  (Fall 
River)  22:58,  37.  McCloskey.  Chnstlan  (Fall  River)  23.01.  38. 
OoJ  Karen  (Som.reel)  23.04,  39  Zsw»ucl».  John  ' 

23:21 .  40.  Velho.  Christy  (Somerset)  23.22.  41  Kllroy  Patrick 
(Berklev)  23  26.  42.  Kilroy,  Kevin  (Berkley)  23:32,  43.  Worslay, 
Eric  (Fall  River)  23:35.  44.  deCastro,  Al  (New Bedford) 23;40'  45_ 
Curtis,  Brad  (So  Dartmouth)  23:56,  46^  Clukies,  Don 
(Portsmouth,  Rl)  23:59.  47  Walker  Kenneth  (Westport)  24.02, 
48.  Kelly  William  (Fall  River)  24:02,  49.  Gasser  Ryan  (Grand 
Blanc  Ml)  24:21.  50.  Mello  Richard  (Dartmouth)  24:22. 

51  Lemaire  Karen  (Taunton)  24:33, f2;  C°rr®‘'°' 

(Warwick  Rl)  24  34.  53.  Gustafson  Mark  (Fall  River)  24.53,  54. 

-  Riley  John  (Somerset)  25:06.  55.  Harvey.  Jodi  (No  Kingstown. 
Rl)  25:15,  56.  DISanto,  Kerry  (No.  Dighton)  25.18,  57  Keating, 
Tom  (Fall  River)  25:21 . 58.  Timberlake,  Susan  (Somerset)  25  32 
59.  Remy.  Phllomena  (Westport)  25:55,  60.  Pletraszek,  Paul  (Fa  I 
River)  25:56.  61  Fioca,  Ken  (Fall  River)  25:57,  62.  Quinn  III, 
Thomas  (Fall  River)  26:01.  63.  Oliveira,  Chnstine  (Westport) 
2627  64  LaFranc  Janna  (Westort)  2627.  65.  Stenning.  Mark 
CTrverton,  Rl)  26:28.  66.  Plkul,  Ron  (Assonet)  26:39,  67  Reis 
Victoria  (Fail  River)  26:40,  68.  O'Connor,  Charlene  (Fall  River 
26  42  69.  Kapplnen,  Linda  (Fall  River)  26'-46;  7°;°amaral  To®V 
IF  Taunton)  26  48,  71  'Milne.  Duncan  (40  Middletown,  Rl) 
26:M  72  iardman,  Timothy  (Swansea)  27.00  73.  Kelly  Pau 
(Boston)  27:12,  74.  Stylos.  Will  (Freetown)  27:17,  75.  Amell 

M376 ^McKinnon,  Kevin  (Utile  Compton,  RO  27.38  S'04-77- 
\Musso,  Peter  (Warwick,  Rl)  27:44.  78^  Frechel  e  Norman 
(Acushnet)  27'50,  79.  Berube,  Hannah  (Fall  River)  27.51,  80. 
TTmberfake,  Bnan  (Fall  River)  27:51.  81.  Richards  Steven 
(Cranston  Rl)  27:53.  82.  Cosla,  Mark  (Fall  River)  28:00,  83. 
Grant  Brian  (Fall  River)  28:10,  84.  Raymond  Russ  (Fan  River) 
2812  85  Pauli  Jonathan  (Fall  River)  28:24  9  09,  86.  Correiro, 
Elizabeth  (Little  Compton,  Rl)  28:43.  87.  DeSouto  Joe  (Tiverton 
Rl)  28  44  88  Stylos.  Nick  (Freetown)  29:06,  89.  Curtis,  David 
(^Dartmouth)  29:09.  90  Raymond.  Chris  (Fall  River)  29:10, 
91  Feltelberg,  John  (Fall  River)  29.18.  92  Frechette.  Monique 
(Acushnet)  30:06,  93  Coury,  Carol  (Fall  River)  30:53, 94  Bums. 
Noreen  (Fall  River)  30  55.  95.  McNally,  Kevin  (Fall  River)  31:04, 
'  6  Sa  Ml  Biverl  Slat.  97.  McDonald,  Brendan 

(Fall  River)  32:13,  98.  McDonald  Jr..  Brendan  (Fall  River)  32:17, 
99  McKinnon,  Elizabeth  (Little  Compton,  Rl)  33:23, 100.  Arruda. 
Wayne  (Assonet)  34:10. 


101.  Greenlees,  John  (Swansea)  34:14,  102.  Keating.  Bill 
(Fall  River)  34:15.  103.  Unknown  renner  34T7  '^  Dupuis. 
Sandra  (Fall  River)  34:52.  105.  Rocha,  Elizabeth  (Tiverton  Rl) 
35:27,  106.  Bums  Jason  (Fall  River)  36:05  1 07  Dupuis  Erika 
(Fall  River)  36:14, 108.  Rudolf,  Justin  (New  Bedford)  37.20,  109. 
Smith,  Carlton  (Fall  River)  38:19,  llO  McDonaid  Reagan  (Fall 
River)  39:46,  111  McDonald,  Lisa  (Fall  River)  39.47,  112. 
Gaspar,  Jacqueline  (Somerset)  44:34,  113.  Winn  Donna  (Fan 
River)  45:06,  114.  Feltelerg,  Hannah  (Fall  River)  45.28,  115. 
Feltelberg.  Polly  (Fall  River)  45:29  116.  Curtis  Andrea  So. 
Dartmouth)  45:30,  117.  Facchiano,  Jean  (Fall  River)  46.35,  118. 
Facchiano.  Michael  (Fall  River)  46:36  119.  Simas,  Brlana  (Fall 
River)  46:49,  120.  Connor,  Susan  (Tiverton,  Rl)  46  49,  121. 
Laderer.  held!  (Fall  River)  46:55,  122.  D'Adamo,  Chad  (Assonet) 
48:02,  123.  Correiro,  William  (Assonet)  48.02,  124-  RlkuJ' 
Marlyse  (Assonet)  48:24. 125.  Correiro,  pamela  (Assonet)  48^24. 

126.  Beiube,  Sarah  (Fall  River)  49:29,  127  Timbertake  Mary 
Beth  (Fall  River)  49:30,  128.  Leonard,  Ann  (Newport ,  Rl)  50. 02, 
129.  Loftus,  Missy  (Fall  River)  50:03,  130.  Foisy  Sandy  (Fall 
River)  50:04,  131.  Correiro,  Claudette  (Fall  River)  50.26,  132. 
Coombes.  Christine  (Fall  River)  50:26,  133 1.1 SJ 
River)  50:36,  134.  Picillo.  John  (Fall  River)  50:38, 135.  Machado, 
Kerry  (Fall  River)  50:41. 136.  McDonald.  Joan  (Fall  River)  50:42 
13T  McDonald,  Karen  (Fall  River)  50:51.  138.  Daley,  Bnan  (Fall 
River)  52:34. 

ftnF  Division  winners 

Men's  overall:  1  Santoro.  Robert  (No.  Easton)  15:17, ' 2. -Reed. 
Jeff  (Fall  River)  17:15,  3.  Howland,  Clay  (Providence.  Rl)  17.42. 

Female  overall:  1.  Westerling.  Heidi  (Narragansett,  Rl  17.55, 

2.  Mathews,  Joann  (Dartmouth)  18:14,  3.  Bogan,  Jennifer 

Male  age  group  (under-18):  1.  Walsh,  Brendan  (Fall  River) 
18:03,  2.  Medeiros,  Brendan  (Fall  River)  18:04, 3.  Quinn,  Michael 

^Female  age  group  (under-18):  1  Quinn,  Karen  (Somerset) 
23:04,  2  Reis.  Victoria  (Fall  River)  26:40.  3.  Amell.  Mana 

(PIMa°e'age7 group  (19-29):  1  Santoro,  Robert  (No.  Easton) 
15:17,  2,  Reed,  Jett  (Fall  River)  17:15,  3  Foster.  Brian 

*  ^Female  age  3g  ro  up  (19-29):  1-  Weester.  Heidi  (Narragansett. 
Rl)  17:655,  2.  Lemaire,  Karen  (Taunton)  24:33,  3.  Harvey,  Jodi 

<N°Male ' '  agTgroup  2(30-39):  1  Howland,  Clay  (Providence) 
17:42,  2.  Boxler.  Matt  (Westport)  18:55,  3.  Fuller,  Jon 

^P0Fernale  age' group  (30-  39):  1.  Mathews,  Joann  (Dartmouth) 
18:14, 2.  Bogan.  Jennifer  (Swansea)  19:09. 3.  Del  Colle.  Jennifer 

<BMa|leRage  group  (40-  49):  1.  Quinn,  Matt  (Somerset)  18:52  2 
Rlbeiro.  Peter  (N.  Dartmouth)  19:35,  3.  Pimentel,  Carlos  (Fall 

Female  age  group  (40-49  ):  1.  Boudreau,  Madalena  (Fall 
River)  20:52,  2.  Medeiros,  Jennifer  (Westport)  22:07,  3.  Coury. 

^Mateag^group  ^50-59):  1.  Brouhg.  Fran  (Fall  F River)  19:05. 
2.  Barbeiro.  Carlos  (New  Bedlord)  20:45,  3.  Schepis,  John 

'^Female  Agegroup  (50-59):  1.  Karppinen  (FaH  River)  26:46 
2.  Bums.  Noreen  (Fall  River),  3.  Gaspar.  Jacqueline  (Somerset) 

44  Male  age  group  (60-and-older):  1.  Boudreau  Norman  (Fall 
River)  22:04  ,  2.  deCastro,  Al  (New  Bedlord)  23:40,  3.  Clukies, 
Don  (Portsmouth,  Rl)  23:59, 

Female  age  group  (60-and-older):  1  Leonard,  Ann 
(Newport.  Rl)  50:02,  2.  McDonald,  Joan  (Fall  River)  50:42. 


Junior  Gamesroom  Tournament 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  hosted  a  Junior  Gamesroom 
Tournament  on  Saturday.  Clutjs  represented  Fall 
River,  Fox  Point,  Newport,  Plymouth  and 
Taunton  participated.  1 1 1 7.2- 1 

The  winners  were  as  follows:  I  ^  '  * 


Air  Hockey  -  1.  Treyvon  Robertson  (Fall  River),  2  Tyler 
Carew  (Fox  Point),  3.  Marcio  Santos  (Fall  River),  4.  Zack 
Alexander  (Newport), 

Billiards  -  1.  Enc  Hansen  (Plymouth),  2.  Seth  Murray  (Fox 
Point),  3.  Moundra  Robinson  (Fall  River),  4.  Asia  Costa  (Fall 
River). 

Bumper  .Pool  -  1.  Steve  Souza  (Plymouth),  2.  John 
Reardon  (Plymouth),  3.  Maggie  Toure  (Fall  River),  4  Tyree 
Robertson  (Fall  River). 

Foosball  -  1.  Marcio  Sanlos  (Fall  River),  2.  Tyrell  Dubois 
(Fall  River),  3.  Treyvon  Robertson  (Fox  Point),  4  Jordy  Garcia 
(Fox  Point). 

Ping  Pong  -  1.  Leon  Watson  (Fox  Point),  2.  George  Rufa 
(Fox  Point),  3.  Asdia  Costa  (Fall  River),  4.  Tyrell  Dubois  (Fall 
River), 

Educational  -  1.  Taunton,  2.  Plymouth,  3.  Newport,  4.  Fall 
River,  5.  Fox  Point. 


Better  business 
banking  begins 
with  local  expertise. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  Basketball  League  rosters  released 


FALL  RIVER  —  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Bo 
&  Girls  Club  Basketball  League  rosters:  ^ |  \\ 1 


CELTICS:  Corey  Gonsalves.  Alex  Cotto,  Leon  Reynolds. 
Matthew  Barreira,  Cody  Amaral,  Marquis  Amaral,  Dante 
Maldanado,  Jamal  Williams,  Tommy  Reth. 

LAKERS:  Jordan  Flores.  Jordan  Monlz,  Mitchell  Mecure. 
Austin  Cabral.  Khalil  Ayhoud,  William  Odom,  Dwayne 
Rucker,  Jordan  Gonsalves,  Vincent  Vuong,  Patrick  Ireland. 

CAVALIERS:  Jordan  Reynosa.  Josh  Moniz,  Stanley  Kay, 
Aureo  Barboza,  Curtis  Cobb,  Mario  Raposa,  Ivo  Ferreira, 
Devin  Smith,  Kavein  Fragosa,  Evan  Baptiste. 

SPURS:  Korey  Correia,  Jeremy  Folger,  Jamar  Davis,  Nick 
Dugle,  Alexander  Pena,  Mike  Rodriques,  Dlonee  Rivera, 
Avimael  Ortiz,  Chad  McCallister,  Aaron  Dem. 

BOBCATS:  Keith  Omosefunmi,  Brendan  Cabral.  Kevin 


Ireland,  Cliff  Johnson.  James  Figuero,  Christian  Guerrero, 
Devin  Rogers,  Elron  Day,  Alex  Banjamin. 

Teen  Division  (ages  13-16) 

SONICS:  C.J.  Gonzales,  Tyler  Andrade,  Edward  Mota, 
Scott  Copley.  Jonathan  Sanchez,  Frederick  J.  Johnson, 
Oscar  A.  Atanacio,  Haikeem  Stephenson,  Brian  Crossley. 

ROCKETS:  Raheem  Stephenso,  Josh  Orosz,  C.J.  Moss. 
Chris  Cortes.  Anthony  Rogers,  Kenny  Franklin,  Nate 
Sylvester,  Brendan  Nadeau. 

SUNS:  Keith  Soares,  Nelson  Plres,  Andrew  Pontes,  Nate 
Reid,  Sinatra  Sem.  Joey  Disanti,  Raphael  Wright,  A.D. 
Gonzalez,  Rudy  Joseph.  Latoya  Titus.  , 

HEAT:  Jean  Carbajal,  Dominique  Green,  Keith  Alves,  Joe 
Orosz,  Nuno  Gomes,  Sunny  Mellb,  David  Batista,  Dillan  Walters. 
Danny  Batista. 

SIXERS:  Kenny  Fanfa,  Teny  Stephenson,  Keith  Lobo,  Gary 
Mewbom.  Marquis  Henry,  Andre  Reid,  Kayla  Dugal,  Dayne 
Bourget,  Forrest  Russell. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  hoop  flV' 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Fall 

River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  ready 

to  begin  its  winter  basketball 
league  action.  The  club  is  tome 

lug  two  different  age  groups  --a 
9-to  12-year-old  division  and  a  1 
to  16-vear-old  division. 

Registration  for  the  Junior 
Boys  division  will  be  held  on 
Tuesday  at  6  p.m.  This  league 
will  be  held  every  Tuesday  night 
and  Saturday  afternoon. 

Registration  for  the 
intermediate  Division  wtU  he 
held  on  Wednesday  at  6.30  p.m- 
This  league  will  be  held  every 

Wednesday  night- 

All  interested  players  must 

show  up  on  the  night  assigned  O 

rpeister  to  be  assured  of  a  roster 
spot  All  players  will  be  put  on 
teams  that  night.  League  rules 
ZS-e  that  all  players  must 
Say  «  least  half  of  the  game. 
There  is  a  minimum  of  10  games 

SCh?he  Girls'  mvisioKwill  begin 


Junior  Gamesroom  Tournament 

BoysA&  GwI^ub'  hohs<tedhamiC0hreG  Memorial 

Taunton  participated.  ’  Plymou.th  and 

The  winners  were  as  follows:  ' 

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RIvetTnw'poLt 1  T“'n'°n,  2  plWb  3.  Newport.  4  Fall 


8  Thursday,  November  3,  2005 


STAFF  MEMBERS  DRESSED  UP  IN  COSTUMES  to  entertain 
the  youngsters  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  In  an  annual  well-at¬ 
tended  Halloween  Party  designed  to  give  kids  a  safe  place  to 


celebrate,  above. 


DILLON  RUTKOWSKI,  3,  had  no  trouble  foraging  for  treats  at 
the  party,  below. 


The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


3RUDA,  7,  left,  Jessica  Lobo,  8  and  Malre  Daley,  7  share  a  laugh  between  playing 
and  winning  prizes  at  the  party,  above. 


FALL  RIVER  SPIRIT  PHOTOS  BY  RICK  SNIZEK 


COORDINA¬ 
TOR  MIMI 
LARRIVEE 

organizes  her 
"monsters" 
Into  a  clean¬ 
up  crew  at 
the  end  of  the 
party,  left. 


TAHIRAH 
ASHBY,  6,  and 
Jennifer  Smith, 

7,  dressed  as 
fairy  princesses, 
right. 


Everything  is  more  groyvn-upish.  Now  if  we  want  to  play  basketball  we  don ’t  have  to 
worry  about  the  little  kids  being  in  the  way.  It  just  has  a  more  futuristic  feel, 


Boys  and  Girls  Club  gets  hipper 


New  addition 
has  game  room, 
center  for  teens 


Will  Richmond 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 


FALL  RIVER  —  Casey  Edge  and 
DeAndre  Moreland,  two  longtime  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
and  Girls  Club,  admit 
they're  a  bit  jealous 
More  club  about  the  latest  addition 
to  the  club. 

But  they're  still 
happy  to  know  the  effects 
it  will  have  on  the  thou¬ 
sands  of  children  who 
will  use  the  facility. 

With  children  playing  on  the  new  bas¬ 
ketball  court  behind  them,  employees 
and  members  of  the  board  of  directors  for 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  cut  the  ribbon  on 
the  Robert  F.  Stoico/FirstFed  Youth 


news  on 
Page  D2. 


Kids  play  after  school  in  the  new  addition  to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  Wednesday. 


Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  A5 


11  U\oS 

FROM  PAGE  ONE 


Club:  New  addition  unveiled 


From  Page  A1  the  children  who  use  this 

facility,”  Feitelberg  said.  "This 
Building  Wednesday  after-  is  now  really  a  place  for  teens 
noon-  who  didn't  want  to  come  here 

The  new  addition  to  the  anymore  because  of  the  feeling 
club,  located  at  803  Bedford  St. .  that  the  club  was  for  kids.” 
provides  18,000  square  feet  of  Feitelberg  also  heaped 
space  to  house  a  new  game  praise  on  Robert  F.  Stoico  and 
room,  learning  center  and  the  the  Rodgers  Family 
Rodgers  Teen  Center.  Foundation,  along  with  other 

Work  on  the  building  also  donors,  for  donating  money  to 
allowed  for  the  renovation  of  make  the  expansion  dreams  a 
the  kitchen  area  in  order  to  reality. 

better  prepare  food  for  the  Club  executive  director 
thousands  of  area  youths  that  Peter  McCarthy  also  thanked 
are  fed  at  the  club.  those  who  made  the  project 

After  helping  to  cut  the  offi-  possible, 
cial  ribbon,  both  Edge  and  “On  behalf  of  the  hundreds 
Moreland  said  they  are  already  of  students  who  come  through 
impressed  with  the  new  addi-  these  doors  every  day,  thank 
tio^-  you,”  McCarthy  said. 

“There's  a  lot  more  space.”  Mayor  Edward  M.  Lambert 
Edge  said.  “The  teen  center  is  Jr.  called  the  grand  opening  a 
what  I'm  most  jealous  about  great  day  for  not  only  the  club 
because  there  never  used  to  be  but  also  the  city, 
a  place  to  get  away."  “There  are  so  many  young 

Moreland  said  the  new  addi-  people  who  need  these  services 
tion  makes  the  club  feel  more  after  school,  in  the  evenings, 
adu^t-  during  summers,  who  would 

“Everything  is  more  grown-  not  normally  have  the  kind  of 
upish,”  he  said.  "Now  if  we  enrichment  they  need.” 
want  to  play  basketball,  we  Lambert  said, 
don’t  have  to  worry  about  the  Along  with  the  new  facili- 
little  kids  being  in  the  way.  It  ties,  board  member  and  clerk 
just  has  a  more  futuristic  feel."  of  the  works  for  the  project, 
They  weren't  the  only  ones  Charles  B.  Curtis,  said  the 
excited  about  the  new  building  is  now  completely 
building.  handicapped  accessible. 

With  people  packed  into  the  “Every  single  dollar 
new  Rodgers  Teen  Center.  John  donated  to  this  club  has  been 
J.  Feitelberg,  chairman  of  the  put  to  the  right  cause,”  Curtis 
club's  board  of  directors,  said.  “We  spent  a  lot  of  time 
thanked  all  those  who  donated  to  and  a  lot  of  headaches,  but  as 
make  the  renovation  possible.  you  can  see  it  was  worth  it.” 

“Your  continued  willing¬ 
ness  to  come  here  today  will  E-mail  Will  Richmond  at 
have  a  significant  impact  on  wrichmond@heraldnews.com. 


Herald  News  Photo  I  Dave  Souza 

DeAndre  Moreland,  president  of  the  Keystone  Club  at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  addresses  guests  Wednesday 
during  the  unveiling  of  a  new  addition  featuring  a  teen  center 


Drive  gears  u^. 


Today  Show  Holiday  Toy 

Dartmouth 


Kathleen  Durand 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 


Photo  I  John  Slaoewski 


Dave  DeCoste  of  Northstar  Learning  Center  and  Cheryl  Roy  of 
the  May  Institute  grab  some  posters  for  the  Holiday  Gift  Drive  at 
the  Wal-Mart  in  Dartmouth  Wednesday. 


DARTMOUTH  -  Peter 
McCarthy,  executive  director, 
said  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  in 
Fall  River  received  more  toys 
last  Christmas  than  it  expected 
to  distribute  to  needy  kids,  "but 
we  had  no  problem  giving  them 
away.” 

The  club  is  one  of  15  agen¬ 
cies  in  the  region  that  will  once 
again  benefit  from  the  2005 
Today  Show  Holiday  Toy  Drive, 
a  project  of  the  Community 
Foundation  of  Southeastern 
Massachusetts.  The  drive  was 
launched  Tuesday  at  the  Wal- 
Mart  in  Dartmouth,  which  is 
helping  with  the  effort  by  col¬ 
lecting  toys  and  gifts. 

“Kids  ask  us,  'Are  you  open 
on  Christmas  Day?'"  McCarthy 
said.  "Unfortunately,  the  day  is 
not  that  special  to  them  because 
their  families  can't  make  it  spe¬ 
cial."  Thanks  to  the  toy  drive, 
he  said  about  80  families  of  chil¬ 
dren  who  belong  to  the  club  had 
a  better  Christmas  than  they 
would  have  had  last  year. 
McCarthy  said  this  is  the  fourth 
year  the  Community 
Foundation  has  included  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  as  one  of  the 
beneficiaries  of  the  drive. 

Craig  J.  Dutra,  president  of 
the  Community  Foundation, 
said  last  year  the  national  cam¬ 
paign  provided  $13.5  million 
worth  of  Christmas  gifts, 
clothing,  books,  games,  elec¬ 
tronic  equipment  and  cash  to 


210  non-profit  agencies  for  dis¬ 
tribution  to  more  than  750,000 
needy  children,  from  infants  to 
18-year-olds.  He  said  the 
Community  Foundation  distrib¬ 
uted  nearly  5,000  toys  and  gifts 
valued  at  $83,000.  Dutra  said  the 
goal  this  year  is  to  help  3,000 
children,  but  it  will  be  great  if  it 
can  help  more  than  that. 

“This  is  a  service  we  can 
bring  to  the  community.  It 
brings  resources  to  south¬ 
eastern  Massachusetts.  All 
things  being  equal,  we  have  a 
lot  of  need,"  he  said. 

With  rising  energy  costs  on 
top  of  high  housing  costs,  Dutra 
said  families  with  limited 
incomes  will  be  struggling  this 
winter. 

"This  is  truly  a  team  effort," 
said  Dutra,  adding  that  the  Wal- 
Mart  store  will  actively  pro¬ 
mote  the  toy  drive  and 
Sakonnet  Properties  in 
Fairhaven  and  Child  &  Family 
Services,  which  has  several 
offices  in  the  area,  will  provide 
warehouse  space  for  the  toys 
and  gifts. 

Dutra  said  the  nonprofit 
organizations  tell  the 
Community  Foundation  in 
October  the  number  of  children 
they  serve  who  need  toys.  The 
foundation  gets  bulk  donations 
of  new  toys  and  gifts  from  cor¬ 
porations  like  Hasbro  and 
Land’s  End  and  sorts  them  by 
age,  group  and  sex.  Each 
receiving  organization  will  be 


able  to  pick  them  up  in  mid- 
December. 

Regina  Christian,  commu¬ 
nity  relations  representative  for 
Wal-Mart,  presented  Dutra  with 
a  $1,000  check  to  kick  off  the  toy 
drive.  "We’ve  done  this  for 
about  three  years  now,”  she 


said.  "It’s  awesome.  This  is  one 
of  the  main  things  we  do  at 
Christmas.”  She  said  she 
reminds  sales  associates  about 
the  toy  drive  at  daily  meetings. 
"We  all  get  together  and  donate 
to  help  needy  families  at  the 
holidays,"  she  said. 


Joe  Jandrow,  Wal-Mart  man¬ 
ager,  said  collection  boxes  for 
the  drive  are  located 
throughout  the  store.  "Thank 
you  for  doing  what  you  do  for 
kids,”  he  told  representatives  of 
the  non-profit  agencies  and 
Community  Foundation.  “This 
is  a  great  program  to  help  kids, 
not  just  in  one  town,  but  here 
and  in  surrounding  communi¬ 
ties.” 

Other  Fall  River  agencies 
that  will  benefit  from  the  pro¬ 
gram  are  the  Department  of 
Social  Services,  the  Family 
Service  Association,  the  May 
Institute  and  the  YMCA. 

Dutra  said  it’s  an  honor  for 
the  Community  Foundation  to 
be  one  of  the  more  than  200  non¬ 
profit  organizations  around  the 
country  to  partner  with  the 
NBC  Today  Show  to  make  the 
holiday  season  a  happier  one 
for  children  in  southeastern 
Massachusetts. 

The  Community  Foimdation 
was  established  in  1995  to  help 
area  residents  make  their  phil¬ 
anthropic  giving  as  effective  as 
possible.  A  public  charity,  it 
serves  thousands  of  people  who 
share  a  common  concern: 
improving  the  quality  of  life  in 
southeastern  Massachusetts. 

It  has  assets  of  more  than 
$14  million  and  to  date  it  has 
distributed  more  than  $3  mil¬ 
lion  from  59  funds  to  humani¬ 
tarian,  educational  and  cultural 
organizations  in  the  region. 


E-Mail  Kathleen  Durand  at 

KDURAND@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


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On  this  day  our  loving  Father  has  called  you. 

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Your  actions  proved  you  were  a  greal  wife  and  a  loving  mother 

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v  i  ™  r  batUe  was  ongoing  ear'y in  years. 

You  handled  everything  with  a  smile  and  never  in  tears. 

Our  Lord  called  you  to  ease  all  your  pain 
Our  loss  on  this  earth  is  truly  Heaven's  gain 

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NOTRE  DAME  CHURCH  •  FALL  RIVER,  MASSACHUSETTS 
DECEMBER  30,  2005 


Heralo  News  Photos  I  Omar  Bradley 

Vacation  fun  Wob 


BOYS  AND 
GIRLS  CLUB 
EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR 
PETER 
MCCARTHY 
contributed  to 
the  fund-raising 
efforts  by 
buying  some 
raffle  tickets. 

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Quanif  Johnson,  8,  makes  good  use  of  his  vacation  time  last  week  by  exploring  the  Internet  at 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River.  Below,  Sylvester  Murray,  left,  and  Bryan  Carbajal,  both  15, 
play  X-Box’s  NBA  Live  at  the  club. 


irfee  falls  way  short 

\  n  At  7-8  overall,  the  Hilltoppers  (0-3  league)  need 

riocn  Sullivan  U  vomainine  five  games  to  ge 


Greg  Sullivan 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

PKT|  FALL  RIVER  -  It  was  a  long 
S*®  shot  that  didn't  come  close  to 
■3  happening.  Now.  Durfee  must 

lE  at  one  of  the  least  likely  chances  to 
foe  three  needed  wins,  foe  Hilltoppers 
ly  were  thumped  by  New  Batford 
;ig  3  Conference  boys’  basketball  at  foe 
an  Field  House. 

Brian  Rudolph  sifting  through  the 
me  and  Ryan  Rodrigues  hitting  3-pornt- 
,  foe  Driscoll  Rink  parking  lot,  the 
(124. 3-1  conference)  led  39-17  at  halftime 
,  up  by  31  points  (48-17)  67  seconds  into 


'foe  kids,  if  we  played  them  20  times,  l  said  with 

on  times.  Durtee  I  ..  , _ n..^rr,n 


At  7-8  overall,  the  Hilltoppers  (0-3  league)  need 

Brockton.)  .  y.ome  against 

Thp  next  two  games  are  at  nom  .  b 

Xav^Frtday .and  Bridge,  ™ 

Tuesday.  The  ToPfhr'fl“S^t”n  (which  has 
Falmouth  team  and  host  Taunton  1^ 

mied  foe  tost  game."  Whiting  said.  "He's  back^ 

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Boys  &  Girls  Club  basketball 

FALL  RTVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  will  be  holding  registration  for  its  girls’  bas¬ 
ketball  league  on  Thursday,  Feb.  9.  at  6  p.m. 

Any  interested  player  who  is  enrolled  in  grades 
4-8  is  eligible  to  participate.  All  interested  players 
;  must  show  up  on  that  night  to  be  assured  a  roster 
j  spot. 

Following  the  registration,  there  will  be  a  clinic 
for  all  players.  Players  should  come  dressed  to  play 
basketball.  Teams  will  also  be  formed  that  night. 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  stresses  sportsmanship 
j  and  instruction  rather  than  competitive  play 
,  League  rules  require  that  all  players  play  at  least 
;  one-half  of  every  game.  There  is  no  entry  fee,  how- 
.  ever,  all  players  do  have  to  become  club  members 
Membership  is  $10  per  year.  For  more  information 
contact  Kevin  Vorro  at  508-672-6340  or  email  kvor 
ro@falliverbgc.org. 


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'  V Boys  &  Girls  Club  plans 
basketball  programs 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  & 

I  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is  planning 
1  two  boys’  basketball  leagues  for  ele- 
I  mentary  and  middle  school  players. 

The  Junior  Division  will  be 
I  for  second-  to  fifth-graders  and 
|  will  play  games  every  Tuesday 
I  evening  and  practice  every 
I  Saturday  afternoon.  There  will 
I  be  a  mandatory  sign-up  on 
■  Tuesday  night,  Jan.  24,  at  6  p.m. 

I  AU  interested  players  must  come 
1  at  that  time  in  order  to  be  assure 
1  of  a  roster  spot. 

The  Intermediate  Division  will 
■  be  for  players  in  the  sixth  to  eighth 
I  grade  and  the  registration  night  is 
I  Wednesday,  Jan.  25,  at  6  p.m. 
I  Games  will  be  played  every 
i  Wednesday  night.  League  rules 
I!  mandate  that  each  player  play  at 
I  least  half  of  each  game. 

I  A  girls  division  and  a  high 

II  school  division  will  be  forming  in 
I  February.  For  more  information 
S  contact  Kevin  Vorro  at  508-672- 
I  6340. 


By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

It’s  a  tense 
moment  for  Fall 
River  Flyers 
Coach  Monica 
Tavares,  but  one 
she's  been  in 
countless  times 
before.  One  of 
her  swimmers 
just  completed 
what  should 
have  otherwise 
been  a  proud 
race  for  herself, 
but  the  young  lady 
approaches  her 
coach  with  a  frown 
instead  of  a  smile. 

Tavares  reas¬ 
sures  the  12 -year- 
old  that  with  a 
little  work  on  tech¬ 
nique  in  future 
practices,  she'll 
regain  the  time 
she  perceives  she 
has  lost  in  her 


freestyle.  The  young 
girl  heads  back  to  the 
bullpen  to  prepare  for 
her  next  race  feeling 
a  little  better  about 
herself  and  her  perfor¬ 
mance. 

Signing  up  for  the 
swim  team  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memo¬ 
rial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is 
no  guarantee  that  you’re 
going  to  get  to  take  a  dip 
into  die  pool  when  you 
show  up  for  practice.  If 
she  senses  you're  having 
a  bad  day,  Tavares  might 
ull  you  aside  for  a  little 
eart-to-heart  talk.  Or, 
if  you’ve  gotten  a  bad 
grade  in  school,  she'll 
want  to  ensure  that 
you  know  the  material 
inside  and  out  before 
the  next  exam. 

"I  have  to  see  their 
report  cards,"  insists 
Tavares,  28.  “If  they're 
having  trouble,  in¬ 
stead  of  swimming  at 
practice,  I'll  hook  them 
up  with  a  tutor  down¬ 


River  wa&  .. 

4:35.04,  18th  in  ti. 
11th  in  the  200-yard 


stairs." 

While  building 
strong  swimmers 
is  very  important, 
strength  takes  many 
forms  for  Tavares, 
who  has  been  a  fixture 
at  the  club  since  she 
was  15  years  old.  She 
serves  as  the  club's 
aquatics  director  in  ad¬ 
dition  to  her  duties  as 
swim  coach. 

“She  wears  so  many 
hats,"  jokes  team  mem¬ 
ber  Amanda  Couture, 

13,  a  student  at  Henry 
Lord  Middle  School. 

Ironically,  Tavares 
was  not  a  swimmer  in 
her  early  years  with  the 
club.  She  was  at  first  a 
counselor  and  then  a 
lifeguard. 

“She  is  so  dedi¬ 
cated,  she  doesn't 
even  take  all  of  her 
vacation  time  because 
she  wants  to  be  here 
for  the  kids,”  says  par¬ 
ent  Wendy  Looker,  of 
Tavares.  Her  daughter, 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 


Melyssa,  13,  is  a  member 
of  the  team. 

“She's  very  loving 
toward  the  kids,”  Looker 
adds.  “She'll  give  them 
as  much  discipline  as 
love.  She’s  a  very  good 

role  model  for  the  kids." 

The  swim  team  has 
grown  steadily  since 
Tavares  became  the 
Flyers’  coach  in  1999. 
The  team  had  only  12 
swimmers  on  it. 

See  SPLASH,  Page  6 


MONICA 

TAVARES, 

above,  reassures 
Kelsey  Almeida, 
12,  that  her  times 
will  improve  after 
they  work  on 
some  techniques 
in  the  pool. 
Anthony 
Sansone,  8,  top. 
competes  in  the 
25-yard  back- 
stroke  category. 


: 


> 


Fall  River  Flyers 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  and  Girls’  Club's  swim 
team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  won  their  First  meet  of 
the  season  against  the  Fox  Point  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  this  past  weekend. 

The  Flyers  performed  well  with  many  swimmers 
placing  in  the  top  four  while  defeating  Fox  Point, 

8  a.  Under  division 

BOYS 

25-yard  freestyle  —  Josh  Cappello  20.77,  Bill  Hawkins  36.97, 
Anthony  Maltais  32.08,  Anthony  Sansone,  25.69;  25-yard  breast¬ 
stroke  —  Josh  Cappello  26.72,  Anthony  Maltais  35.28;  25-yard 
backs1 * * * * * * 8 9' ike  —  Bill  Hawkins  53.61,  Anthony  Sansone,  32.72. 

GIRLS 

100-yard  medley  relay  —  Francis-  Pacheco-Lamonde- 
Carpentier  1 .53.65;  25-yard  freestyle —  Alexis  Carpentler  23.92, 
Anica  Gomes  26.92,  Aja  Scott  23.11,  Amber  Costa,  28.00,  Janel 
Lamonde  27.14;  25-yard  breaststroke  —  Janet  Lamonde  38.28, 
Aja  Scott  36.34,  Savannah  Pacheco  26.25;  25-yard  backstroke  — 
Alexis  Carpentler  28.22,  Amber  Costa  36,84,  Jessica  Francis 
37.38;  25-yard  butterfly  —  Savannah  Pacheco  28.05;  100-yard 
freestyle  relay  —  Carpentier-Gomes-Costa-Lamonde  2,01 .89. 

9  aiP-year-oid  division 

GIRLS 

100-yard  medley  relay  —  Cabral-Francls-Gagne-Guay 
1.23.42;  Medelros-Cappello-Surgens-Howard  1.35.88;  100-yard 
individual  medley  —  Brittany  Benjamin  1.59.09,  Kelly  Cabral 


capture  first  meet  of  the  season 


1.54,87,  Victoria  Gagne  1.56.66;  50-yard  freestyle  —  Drew  Guay 
41.09,  Angela  Beveridge  56.53,  Shena  Butler  58.67,  Sakiynah 
Howard  53,13,  Alexis  Maltais  59.79,  Lyanda  merkt  1 :08.47,  Kaitlyn 
Rogers  1.09.48;  50-yard  breaststroke  —  Angela  Beveridge 
1 .26.91 ,  Katelyn  Cappello  57.37,  Jenna  Francis,  54.82;  50-yard 
backstroke  —  Kelly  Cabral  51.31,  Sarah  Medeiros,  46.44 
Sakiynah  Howard  1.25.19,  Alexis  Maltais  1,37.02,  Lyanda  Merkt, 
1.08,47.  Kaitlyn  Rogers,  1.09.48;  50-yard  butterfly  —  Katelyn 
Cappello  54.36,  Brittany  Benjamin  1.15,65,  Marissa  Surgens 
1 .03.44. 

11  &  12-vear-old  division 

BOYS 

100-yard  medley  relay  —  Arruda-Dem-Moms-Morris  2.46.99; 
100-yard  individual  medley  —  Jesse  Morris  1.29.38;  50-yard 
freestyle  —  Jonathan  Arruda  39.09,  Aaron  Dem  32.28,  Corey 
Barney  49.61,  Jonathan  Santos  40,90,  Danny  Moms,  36.91,  50- 
yard  breaststroke  —  Danny  Morris  55.16,  Jonathan  Santos  54.60, 
Brandon  Pankowski  1.04.22;  50-yard  backstroke  —  Jonathan 
Arruda  51 .41 ,  Aaron  Dem  39,83,  Corey  Barney  1 .003.33,  Brandon 
Pankowski,  57.41;  50-yard  butterfly  —  Jesse  Morris  41.78;  200- 
yard  freestyle  relay  —  Morrls-Arruda-Morris-Dem  2.26.62. 

GIRLS 

200-yard  medley  relay  —  Looker-  Montuori-Benjamin-Mendonca 
2.35.45;  100-yard  individual  medley  —  Nicole  Cookinham  1.51.28, 
Jessica  Cookinham  1.47.85,  Melyssa  Looker  1.20.46;  50-yard 
freestyle  —  Melyssa  Looker  33.61,  Kristen  Montuori  34.81,  Hannah 
Massoud  36.55,  Alexandra  Mendonca  36.58,  Shantel  Sansone 
38.41 ,  Elizabeth  Buchanan  50,07.  Alexandria  Gomes  45.32;  50-yard 
breaststroke  —  Cassandra  Benjamin  45.22,  Kristen  Montuori  45.65, 
Kelsey  Almeida  54.00,  Alexandria  Gomes  1 . 1 6.03,  Hannah  Massoud 
54.38;  50-yard  backstroke  —  Jessica  Cookinham  52.80,  Hannah 


Massoud  46.02,  Kelsey  Almeida  48.56,  Elizabeth  Buchanan  1.01,89. 
Shanlel  Sansone  47.50;  50-yard  butterfly  —  Cassandra  Benjamin 
39.35,  Nicole  Cookinham  51.92,  Alexandra  Mendonca  45i54;  200- 
yard  freestyle  relay  —  Almeida-  Cookinham-Cookinham-Massoud 
2.35.84. 

13  &  14-year-old  division 

BOYS 

100-yard  freestyle  —  Andrew  Cabral  1.18.69.  Michael  Massoud 
1.12.09;  100-yard  breaststroke  —  Michael  Massoud  1.33.28;  100- 
yard  backstroke  —  Andrew  Cabral  1.37.01,  Kyle  Coulure,  1  29  15 
100-yard  butterfly  —  Kyle  Coulure  1.47.33, 

GIRLS 

100-yard  freestyle  —  Deanna  Rivera  1.28.59,  Siedah  Lamonde 

1.31.11,  Sarah  Magliochetti  1.36.49,  Andrea  Donnelly  1.32  49 
Vanessa  DeSa  1.33.85,  100-yard  breaststroke  —  Siedah 
Lamonde  1.55.25,  Amanda  Medeiros  1,48,27,  Andrea  Donnelly 

1.52.12,  Deanna  Rivera  1.57.20,  Vanessa  DeSa  1.49,02;  100-yarc 
backstroke  —  Amy  Aslle  1.41. 98.  Amanda  Coulure  1.28.02,  Saraf 
Magliochetti  2.07.39,  Amanda  Medeiros  1.46.50;  100-yard  butter 
fly  —  Amy  Astle  1  56.87,  Amanda  Couture  1,43.19;  200-yar< 
freestyle  relay  —  Donnelly-Magllochetti-Astle-Couture  2.33.80 
DeSa-Lamonde-Medeiros-Rivera  2.36.75. 

15  -18-vear-old  division 

BOYS 

100-yard  freestyle  —  William  McGuinness,  54.94. 

GIRLS 

100-yard  freestyle  —  Nicole  Aslle.  1.13.17';  100-yard  breas 
stroke  —  Cassandra  Alves  1.28.91;  100-yard  backstroke  - 
Nicole  Aslle  1.23,99;  100-yard  butterfly  —  Cassandra  Alve 
1.26.22. 


Fall  River  Flyers  earn  second  swim  victory 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club's 

swim  team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  won  their 

second  swim  meet  of  the  season,  250-184, 

against  the  Newport  Boys  &  Girls  Club  last 

weekend. 

The  Flyers  performed  well  with  many 
swimmers  placing  in  the  top  four  while 
estabishing  new  personal  bests  and  breaking 
team  records  defeating.  ,  \  /-»  nw)| 

Meet  results:  \  |  \  *  ' 

8  &  Under  division 

BOYS  —  25-yard  freestyle:  Anthony  Sansone 
28.22.  25-yard  backstroke.  Sansone,  28.81, 
Anthony  Maltais  31.81. 

GIRLS  —  25-yard  freestyle;  Alexis  Carpentier 
22.50,  Anica  Gomes  23.97,  Aja  Scott  20.05,  Amber 
Costa  30.25,  Jessica  Francis  30.0;  25-yard  breast¬ 
stroke:  Savannah  Pacheco  26.17;  25-yard  back¬ 
stroke:  Carpentier  26.72,  Costa  35.55,  Francis, 
30.64,  Gomes,  31.77,  Janet  Lamonde  28.24,  Scott 
26.86;  25-yard  butterfly:  Pacheco  28.21,  Lamonde 
32.26;  100-yard  freestyle  relay:  Scott-Capentier- 
Lamonde-  Pacheco  1:31.28. 

9  &  10-vear-old  division 

BOYS  —  250-yard  freestyle:  Alex  Benjamin 
44.53,  Aaron  Tavares,  56.75;  25-yard  breaststroke: 
Benjamin,  1:07.12;  25-yard  backstroke:  Tavares 
1:09.60 

GIRLS  —  100-yard  medley  relay:  Howard- 
Benjamin-Francis-Cappello  1:44.14;  100-yard  indi¬ 


vidual  medley:  Kelly  Cabral  1:44.81,  Victoria 
Gagne  1:58.37,  Britney  Benjamin  1:58,19;  50-yard 
freestyle:  Sarah  Medeiros  39.19,  Jena  Francis 

40.10,  Angela  Beveridge  57.67,  Shena  Butler 

52.10,  Drew  Guay  39.70,  Sakiynah  Howard  51.05, 
Lyanda  Merkt  53.84,  Kaitlyn  Rogers  48.64,  Nicole 
Velozo  57.50;  50-yard  breaststroke:  Katelyn 
Cappello  56.09,  Francis,  51.39,  Cabral,  59.42, 
Rogers  1:10.08;  50-yard  backstroke:  Guay  50.94, 
Medeiros  47.28,  Velozo  1:06.54,  Beveridge 

ri:26.80,  Howard  1:21.59,  Lyanda  Merkt  1:01.06. 
jButler  1:00.95;  50-yard  butterfly:  Cappello  51.40, 
Benjamin  1:16.38,  Gagne  53.48. 

tL&JZ-year-old  division 
BOYS  —  100-yard  medley  relay:  Dem-  Morris- 
Morris-Arruda  2:40.34;  lOQ-yard  individual  medley; 
Jesse  Morris  1 :32.53;  50-yard  freestyle:  Jonathan 
Arruda  38,88;  Brandon  Pankowski  37.18;  Jonathan 
Santos  39.85;  Aaron  Dem,  31.26,  Morris,  32.19;  50- 
yard  breaststroke:  Danny  Morris  46.63,  Pankowski 
54.33,  Santos,  53.45;  50-yard  backstroke:  Arruda 
52,58,  Dern  36.50.  50-yard  butterfly:  Morris  42.16; 
200-yard  freestyle  relay:  Morris-  Arruda-  Morris- 
Dern  2:17.62 

GIRLS  —  200-yard  medley  relay:  Looker- 
Montuori-Benjamln-Mendonca  2:33.48;  Almeida- 
Cooklnham-  Cooklnham-Sansone  3:01.18;  100- 
yard  individual  medley:  Melyssa  Looker  1:20.19, 
Nicole  Cookinham,  Kristen  Montuori  1:30.92;  50- 
yard  freestyle:  Looker  32.56,  Alexandra  Mendonca 
34.00,  Kelsey  Almeida  37.25,  Alexandria  Gomes 
44. 25,,.  Sierra  Grlmsley  46.47,  Hannah  Massoud 
36.89/ Shantel  Sansone  39.19;  50-yard  breast¬ 


stroke:  Cassandra  Benjamin  45.47,  Montuori 
46.55,  Elizabeth  Buchanan  1:08,57,  Jessica 
Cookinham  1:00.91,  Gomes  1:16.88;  50-yard  back- 
stroke:  Almeida  44.88,  Buchanan  58.50,  Sansone 
44.66,  Massoud  44.52;  50-yard  butterfly:  Benjamin 
37.37,  Nicole  Cookinham  52.05,  Mendonca  45.16, 
Jessica  Cookinham  50.88;  200-yard  freestyle  relay: 
Benjamin-Montuorl-Mendonca-  Looker  2:18.97; 
Almelda-Cooklnham  twins-Sansone  2:36.28, 

13  &  14-vear-old  division 

In  this  division, 
events  are  100  yards 

GIRLS  —  200-yard  medley  relay:  Couture- 
DeSa-Donnelly-Mazurek  2:49.31;  100-yard 
freestyle:  Siedah  Lamonde  1:35.19,  Amy  Astle 
1:18.17,  Vanessa  DeSa  1:34.80,  Andrea  Donnelly 
1:33.1,  Jessica  Mazurek  1:15.36;  100-yard  breast¬ 
stroke:  DeSa  1:48,48,  Lamonde  1:59.30.  Amanda 
Medeiros  1:41.33,  Deanna  Rlveira  1:48.77;  100- 
yard  backstroke:  Aslle  1:29.26,  Amanda  Couture 
1:32.49,  Donnelly  1:48.04,  Medeiros  1:41.47;  100- 
yard  butterfly:  Couture  1:44.60;  200-yard  freestyle 
relay:  Astle-Lamonde-Mazurek-  Medeiros  2:27,91. 
15  -18-vear-old  division 

In  this  division, 
events  are  100  yards 

BOYS  —  100-yard  freestyle:  William 

McGuinness  1:03.27;  100-yard  butterfly: 
McGuinness  1:01.83. 

GIRLS  —  200-yard  Individual  Medley: 
Cassandra  Alves  2:54.32;  100-yard  freestyle:  Alves 
1:08.69,  Nicole  Astle,  1.11.87;  100-yard  backstroke 
Astle  1:23.31. 


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The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


Despite  setback,  Flyers  turn  in  strong  individual  pool  efforts 


NF>V°  FALL  RTVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club’s  swim 
team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  lost  a  tough  meet  against 
the  Newport  Blues  Swim  Club  this  past  weekend. 

The  Flyers  performed  well  despite  the  240-250  loss, 
with  many  swimmers  placing  in  the  top  four,  setting 
new  personal  bests  and  breaking  team  records. 

8  &  Under  division 

BOYS:  25-yard  freestyle  —  Bill  Hawkins  32.74,  Mark 
Tonucci  21.29;  25-yard  breaststroke  —  Tonuccl  34,10;  25- 
yard  backstroke  —  Hawkins  39.50,  Anthony  Maltais,  31.39. 

GIRLS:  25-yard  freestyle  —  Alexis  Carpentler  24.46,  Anlca 
Gomes  23,82,  Amber  Costa  27.54,  Jessica  Francis,  34.12; 
25-yard  breaststroke  —  Savannah  Pacheco  26.01,  Janet 
Lamonde  42,45,  Gomes,  34.41 ;  25-yard  backstroke  —  Alexis 
Carpentler  27.29,  Costa  35.05,  Francis  31.74,  Lamonde 
28. 1 8;  25-yard  butterfly  —  Pacheco  27.90;  1 00-yard  freestyle 
relay  —  Carpentler-Costa-Gomes-Pacheco,  1-39.17. 

9  &  10-vear-old  division 

BOYS:  50-yard  breaststroke  —  Alex  Benjamin  1:05.82; 
25-yard  backstroke  —  Benjamin,  1:11.43. 


GIRLS:  100-yard  medley  relay  —  Cappello-Francis- 
Gagne-Parker  1:25.22;  100-yard  Individual  medley  —  Kelly 
Cabral  1 :46.57,  Britney  Benjamin  1 :58.02;  50-yard  freestyle 

—  Sarah  Medeiros  37.37,  Shena  Butler  51.66,  Drew  Guay 
42.08,  Britney  Benjamin  43.76,  Victoria  Gagne  43.81 ,  Cabral 
41,67,  Lyanda  Merkt  52.79,  Kaltlyn  Rogers  42.77,  and 
Velozo,  58,28;  50-yard  breaststroke  —  Katelyn  Cappello 
53.19,  Jena  Francis  51.79,  Kaltlyn  Rogers  1:11.51,  Caylln 
Barboza  1:06.47,  Angela  Beveridge  1:17.88;  Butler  1:26.32, 
Merkt  1:22.56,  Monica  Parker  1:10,69;  50-yard  backstroke 

—  Guay  53.83,  Medeiros,  43.55,  Velozo  1:14.29,  Beveridge 
1 :29.99,  Benjamin  50.72,  Parker  56.78,  Kelly  Cabral  45.77; 
50-yard  butterfly  —  Cappello  50.33,  Gagne,  49.34;  200-yard 
freestyle  relay  —  Francis-Guay-Rogers-Medelros  2:45.86, 
Barboza-Butler-  Merkt- Velozo  2:38.14. 

11  &  12-year-old  division 

BOYS:  100-yard  medley  relay:  Dern-Morris-Morris- 
Arruda  2:46.50;  '100-yard  Individual  medley  —  Jesse  Morris 
1:29.86,  Danhy  Morris  1:33.87;  50-yard  freestyle  — 
Jonathan  Arruda  37.10,  Brandon  Pankowski  36.30,  Aaron 
Dem  31.62,  Jesse  Morris  32.75;  50-yard  breaststroke  — 


Pankowski  55.71,  Arruda.  1:03.90,  Dem,  49.95;  50-yard 
backstroke  — Arruda  51.02,  Morris  41.98,  Pankowski  46.38, 
Dern,  38.07;  50-yard  butterfly:  Danny  Morris  43.84,  Jesse 
Morris  37.97;  200-yard  freestyle  relay  —  Morris-Arruda- 
Morris-Dern  2:14.83. 

GIRLS:  200-yard  medley  relay  —  Looker-Montuori- 
Benjamin-Mendonca  2:31.29,  Massoud-Gomes-Cookinham- 
Almeida  3:28.91;  100-yard  Individual  medley  —  Cassle 
Benjamin  1:21.62,  Kristen  Montuori  1:31.49,  Jessica 
Cookinham  1 :49.09;  50-yard  freestyle  —  Melyssa  Looker 
33.09,  Alexandra  Mendonca  34.61 .  Bbfijamin  33,09,  Kelsey 
Almeida  34.31,  Alexandria  Gomes  4a  02,  Sierra  Grimsley, 
43.67;  50-yard  breaststroke  —  Looker  43.43,  Montuori 
45.86,  Cookinham  58.65,  Alexandria  Gomes  1:25.40;  50- 
yard  backstroke  —  Hannah  Massoud  44.85,  Almeida  42,84, 
Montuori,  41.11,  50-yard  butterfly  —  Benjamin  38.65, 
Mendonca  43.64,  Grimsley,  54.11;  200-yard  freestyle  relay: 
—  Almeida-Cooklnham-  Gomes-Massoud  2:39.68,  Looker- 
Mendonca-Montuorl-Benjamln  2:21 .50. 

13  &  14-vear-old  division 
In  this  division,  swimmers'  events  are  100  yards. 


BOYS:  100-yard  freestyle  —  Kyle  Couture  1:09.12, 
Michael  Massoud  1:09.20,  Ben  Demeule  1:03.60;  100-yard 
breaststroke  —  Massoud,  1:31.99;  100-yard  backstroke  — 
Couture  1:20.52,  Demeule,  1:17.36. 

GIRLS:  200-yard  medley  relay  —  Astle-Couture-Riveira- 
Mazurek,  2:38.90;  100-yard  freestyle  —  Amy  Astle  1:19.86, 
Andrea  Donnelly  1:30.09,  Jessica  Mazurek  1:10.36,  Amanda 
Medeiros  1:26.01.  Amanda  Couture,  1:15.52;  100-yard  breast¬ 
stroke  —  Vanessa  DeSa  1:47.20,  Siedah  Lamonde  1:53.16, 
Medeiros,  1:41.88,  Astle  1:48.90,  and  Deanna  Rlvelra,  1:48,11; 
100-yard  backstroke  —  Couture  1:31.92,  Donnelly  1:47.27, 
DeSa  1:49.12,  Lamonde  1:54.82;  200-yard  freestyle  relay  — 
Medeiros-Lamonde-Rivelra-Mazurek,  2:21 .53. 

15  -IQ-year-old  division 

In  this  division,  swimmers'  events  are  100  yards. 

BOYS:  100-yard  freestyle  —  William  McGuinness  54.10, 
Christopher  Demeule  57.14;  100-yard  breaststroke  — 
Christopher  1:13.51;  100-yard  butterfly:  McGuinness  1:01.36. 

GIRLS:  100-yard  freestyle  —  Cassandra  Alves  1:08.30, 
Nicole  Astle,  1:10.77;  100-yard  breaststroke  —  Astle 
1:35.05;  100-yard  backstroke  — Alves  1:18.81. 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall 
River  Ninety  Nine  Restaurant 
partnered  with  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  for  three  special  events:  a 
traditional  Thanksgiving 
dinner,  a  tutoring  program 
dinner  and  a  Christmas  adopt- 
a-family. 

Two  members  of  the  Ninety 
Nine's  kitchen  staff  helped  with 
food  preparation  for  the  annual 
Thanksgiving  dinner  attended 
by  315  members  and  parents. 

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"The  volunteers  were  very 
professional  and  willing  to  do 
anything  to  help,"  said  Board 
Secretary  Irene  Orlando. 

The  Ninety  Nine  hosted  30 
children  and  staff  from  the 
club’s  tutoring/homework  pro¬ 
gram  for  dinner. 

"This  was  a  terrific  reward 
for  the  children,”  said  program 
coordinator  Joycelyn  Abelha. 
“General  Manager  Ray 
Desmarais  and  his  staff  were 
wonderful.” 


The  Ninety  Nine  also  spon-  | 
sored  a  family  of  three  children  1 
for  the  club's  annual  holiday  | 
adopt-a-family.  The  family  was 
treated  to  presents  and  certifi-  1 
cates  for  grocery  items. 

"We  couldn’t  do  the  things  I 
we  did  without  Ray  and  the 
Ninety  Nine  staff  and  all  the  j 
other  people  and  companies  ! 
like  them  who  give  back  to  the 
community.”  said  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Executive  Director  Peter  i 
McCarthy. 


F.R.  Flyers 

FALL  RTVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls’  Club’s  swim 
team,  the  Fall  River  Flyers,  suffered  a  tough  loss  this 
weekend  against  the  East  Providence  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  426-173. 

Although  the  Flyers  went  up  against  a  much  larg¬ 
er  East  Providence  squad,  many  of  the  local  swim¬ 
mers  placed  in  the  top  four  in  their  races.  In  addition, 
a  number  of  the  Fall  River  swimmers  earned  both  per¬ 
sonal  and  team  records. 

Meet  results; 

8  &  Under  division 

BOYS:  25-yard  freestyle  —  Josh  Cappello  20.33;  25- 
yard  breaststroke:  Cappello,  26.71;  25-yard  backstroke: 
Anthony  Sansone  26.20;  25-yard  butterfly:  Sansone,  26.33. 

GIRLS:  25-yard  freestyle  —  Alexis  Carpentier  21.50, 
Amber  Costa  23.94;  25-yard  breaststroke  —  Savannah 
Pacheco  24.66;  25-yard  backstroke  —  Carpentier  27.27,  Aja 
Scott  27.41,  Costa  35.94,  Janet  Lamonde  29.32;  25-yard 
butterfly  —  Pacheco  28.05,  Lamonde  34.05;  100-yard 
freestyle  relay  —  Pacheco-Scott-Costa-Carpentler  1 :30.51 . 

9  &  10-year-old  division 

BOYS:  50-yard  freestyle  —  Aaron  Tavares,  53.00;  50- 
yard  backstroke  —  Tavares  1:00.31. 

GIRLS;  100-yard  medley  relay  —  Medeiros-Cappello- 
Gagne-Guay  1:25.08;  100-yard  individual  medley  —  Brittany 
Benjamin  1:59.11.  Kelly  Cabral  1:42.29;  50-yard  freestyle  — 
Drew  Guay  38.08,  Sarah  Medeiros  37.17,  Shena  Butler 
51  65  Victoria  Gagne  41.16,  Monica  Parker  41.94;  50-yard 
jreaststroke  —  Katelyn  Cappello  55.37,  Kaitlynn  Rogers 


tall  River  Flyers  swim 
past  Pawtucket  squad 

_  „  Morris  1:33.30,  Jack  Grace 


FALL  RIVER  -  The  Boys  & 
Girls’  Club’s  swim  team,  the  Fall 
River  Flyers,  swam  to  victory 
defeating  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
of  Pawtucket,  264-81. 

The  Flyers  performed  well 
individually,  with  many  swim¬ 
mers  placing  in  the  top  four,  set¬ 
ting  new  personal  bests  and 
breaking  team  records. 

Meet  results: 

8  ft  Under  division 
BOYS:  25-yard  freestyle  — 

Anthony  Sansone  23.01: 25-yard  back- 
stroke  —  Sansone  24.42;  25-yard  but¬ 
terfly  —  Sansone  26.25. 

GIRLS:  25-yard  freestyle  —  AMs 
Carpentier  20.53.  Amber  Costa  24  61 
Jessica  Francis  29.53,  Aruca  Gomes  25.50 
A|a  Scott  21.96;  25-yard  breaststroke  - 
Savannah  Pacheco  25.52.  Gomes  3625; 
25-yard  backstroke  —  Carpentier  26.J2, 
Scot!  27.86,  Costa  32.00,  Francis  35.67: 
25-yard  butterfly  —  Pacheco  27.75;  100- 
yard  Ireestyle  relay  -  Paeheco-Scott- 
Costa-Carpentier  1:36.55. 

9  ft  IQ-year-old  division 
BOYS:  50-yard  freestyle  —  Aaron 
Tavares  57.48;  50-yard  backstroke  — 
Tavares  1:11.05. 

GIRLS:  100-yard  medley  relay  — 
Cabral-Cappello-Francis-Guay  1 23.82, 
100-yard  Individual  medley  —  Brittany 
Beniamin  1:51.47.  Kelly  Cabral  1:50.16; 
50-yard  Ireestyle  -  Drew  Guay  4244. 
Sarah  Medeiros  40.05,  Angela  Beyendge 
52.93,  Victoria  Gagne  39.16,  Monica 
Parker  41.81;  50-yard  breaststroke  — 
Katelyn  Cappello  53.75,  Jena  Francis 
49.53,  Caylin  Barboza  1.02.98,  Nicole 
Velozo  1.19.17;  50-yard  backstroke  — 
Cabral  45.69,  Medeiros  47.13,  Benjamin 
48.15.  Beveridge  1:25.16.  Guay  49.07, 
Francis  53.31.  Alexis  Maltais  1-13.97. 
Barboza  1.02.98;  50-yard  butterfly  - 
Cappello  48.39,  Gagne  51.73;  200-yard 
freestyle  relay  —  Medeiros-Benjamln- 
Francis-Gagne  2.56,54;  Parker-Barboza- 
Francis-Maltals  3.18.38. 

11  &  1 2-vear-old  division 
BOYS:  200-yard  medley  relay  — 

Dem-D.  Morris-J.Morris-Pankowski 

2:37.39;  100-yard  individual  medley 


Jesse  Morris  1:33.30.  Jack  Grace 
1  45  66;  50-yard  Ireestyle —Aaron  Dem. 
30.86.  Jesse  Moms  32.38.  Brandon 
Pankowski  36.47.  50-yard  breastsUoke 
_  Jesse  Moms  47.06,  Pankowski  54.57. 
50-yard  backstroke  —  Dem  38.it>. 
Danny  Moms  39.87;  50-yardbutter%- 
Oanny  Morris.  39.69.  Grace  «. 04  200- 
yard  Ireestyle  relay  —  D.  Morris 
Pankowski-J.  Moms-Dem  2.14.35, 

GIRLS:  200-yard  medley  relay 

Sansone-Looker-Montuori-Almeida  , 

2:38.91;  100-yard  individual  medley  —  ] 

Melyssa  Looker  1:23.56.  Kristin  ( 
Monition  1.29.50.  Nicole  Cookinham 
i  1  37.84;  50-yard  freestyle  —  Kelsey 
Almeida  34.25.  Alexandria  Games 
44.91,  Alexandra  Mendonca  34  5B. 
Shantel  Sansone  36.25;  50-yard  breast¬ 
stroke  —  Montuori  43.53,  Jessica 
Cookinham  56.03,  Elizabeth  Buchanan 
57.38.  Gomes  1:04.49,  1 Looker  42.93. 
50-yard  backstroke  —  Almeida  43.76, 
Looker  39,07.  Buchanan  1 .01 .08.  Nicole 
Cookinham  52.41,  Sierra  Grimsley 
54.66,  Sansone  48.74;  50-yard  butterfly 
—  Nicole  Cookinham  48.31 ,  Gn™s'®y 
50  16,  Jessica  Cookinham  47.19. 
Mendonca  43.97.  200-yard  freestyle 
relay  —  Sansone-J.  Cookinham-N. 
Cookinham-Mendonca  2:4381 

13  A  14-ve"r-old  division 
In  this  division,  swimmers 
events  are  100  yards 
BOYS:  100-yard  freestyle  — 
Michael  Massoud  1:09.81;  100-yard 
breaststroke  —  Massoud  1;36,45- 
GIRLS:  200-yard  medley  relay  —  Aste; 
DeSa-Couture-Mazurek  234.31;  100-yard 
Ireestyle  -  Jessica  Mazurek  1:08  47, 
Amanda  Couture  1 -30.06,  Varrasa  DeSa 
125.89,  Andrea  Donnelly  123.03.  Sara 
Magliochetti  1 29.79;  100-yard  breastetroke 
—  DeSa  1:39.68,  Amanda  Medeiros 
V3971,  Donnelly  1:43:72;  100-yard  back- 
stroke  -  Amy  Astle  1:30.68.  Medeiros 
1:3429,  Magliochetti  1:52.55;  200-yard 
•  Ireestyle  relay  —  Mazurek-Mede.ros- 
Donnelty-  Couture  2:17.39. 

1C  .  ift-ypar-old  division 
In  this  division,  swimmers 
events  are  100  yards 
GIRLS:  100-yard  freestyle  —  Nicole 
Astle  1 :1 3.46,  Cassandra  Alves  1 :0724; 
100-yard  breaststroke  —  Astle  1:37P3, 
100-yard  backstroke  —  Alves  1:18.69. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  basketball 

FALL  RTVER  —  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River  will  be  beginning  its  Girls’ 
Basketball  League  at  the  club.  The  league  is 
open  to  all  interested  players  in  grades  5-8. 

There  will  be  a  mandatory  registration 
night  on  Thursday,  Feb.  15.  All  interested 
players  must  attend  in  order  to  be  assured 
a  roster  spot. 

All  games  will  be  played  on  Thursday 
nights  and  practices  will  be  held  on  Saturday 
afternoon.  Participation  in  practice  is  man¬ 
datory  in  order  to  play  in  games. 

The  league  will  focus  on  instruction 
and  fun  rather  that  competitive  play. 
Sportsmanship  is  always  the  most  impor¬ 
tant  thing  in  Boys  &  Girls  Club  sports 
leagues. 

There  is  no  fee  to  join,  however,  all 
players  must  become  members  of  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club.  Membership  is  $10  per  year. 
For  more  information,  contact  Kevin  Vorro 
at  508-672-6340. 


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DANIEL  MORRIS,  1 1 ,  a  student  at  Tiverton  Middle  School 
talks  about  the  meet  with  teammate  Aaron  Dern,  12,  a  student 
at  Morton  Middle  School. 


1:08.47,  Angela  Beveridge  1:13.70,  Saklynah  Howard 
1:16.61;  50-yard  backstroke  —  Cabral  44.24,  Medeiros 
46.13,  Benjamin  49.54,  Beveridge  1:20.87,  Butler  57.14, 
Guay  53.57,  Howard  1:04.37,  Parker  54.92;  Marissa 
Surgens  53.35,  Nicole  Velozo  1:16.72;  50-yard  butterfly  — 
Cappello  48.30,  Gagne  58.03,  Surgens  1 :04.63;  200-yard 
freestyle  relay  —  Medeiros-Cabral-  Parker-Guay  2:37.40, 
Rogers-  Velozo-Surgens-Gagne  2:58.08,  Butler-Benjamin- 
Howard-Cappello  3:58.85. 

11  &  12-year-old  division 

BOYS:  200-yard  medley  relay  —  Dern-Danny  Morris- 
Jesse  Morris-  Pankowski  2:38.94;  100-yard  individual  med¬ 
ley  —  Danny  Morris  1:27.35;  50-yard  freestyle  —  Aaron 
Dem  31.59;  Jesse  Morris  31.07,  Brandon  Pankowski  35.57; 
50-yard  breaststroke  —  Danny  Morris  48.14.  Pankowski, 
53.42;  50-yard  backstroke  —  Dern  37.84,  Jack  Grace  43.39; 
50-yard  butterfly  —  Jesse  Morris  39.61 ,  Jack  Grace  42.64. 

GIRLS:  200-yard  medley  relay  —  Massoud-J. 
Cookinham-N.  Cookinham-Mendonca  2:58.52;  100-yard 
individual  medley  —  Melyssa  Looker  1:18.52,  Jessica 
Cookinham  1:47.38,  Nicole  Cookinham  1:41.77;  50-yard 
freestyle  —  Kelsey  Almeida  35.94,  Alexandra  Mendonca 
34.30,  Elizabeth  Buchanan  45.45,  Alexandria  Gomes  40.46, 
Sierra  Grimsley  40.86,  Shantel  Sansone  36,77;  50-yard 
breaststroke  —  Looker  43.07,  Kristen  Montuori  42.77, 
Buchanan  1:00.46,  Gomes  1:04.75;  50-yard  backstroke  — 
Cassandra  Benjamin  37.08,  Montuori  39.64,  Almeida  44.24, 
Hannah  Massoud  46.98,  Sansone  47.27;  50-yard  butterfly 
—  Benjamin  37.08,  Mendonca  45.28,  N.  Cookinham  46.72, 
Grimsley  43.24;  200-vard  freestyle  relay  —  Benjamin- 
Montuorl-Almelda-  Looker  2:13.22,  Cookinham-  Grimsley- 


6  Thursday,  February  23,  2006 


Splash:  Boys  club  swim 


team  a 


formidable  force 


13  &  14-year-old  division 

In  this  division,  swimmers 
events  are  1 00  yards 

BOYS:  100-yard  freestyle  —  Michael  Massoud  1:08.69, 
Kyle  Couture  1:08.69,  Ben  Demeule  1:08.19;  100-yard 
breaststroke  —  Massoud  V.29.34;  100-yard  backstroke  — 
Demeule,  1:17.09,  Couture,  V.20.79. 

GIRLS;  200-yard  medley  relay  —  Astle-Medetros- 
Couture-Mazurek  2:38.46;  100-yard  freestyle  —  Jessica 
Mazurek  1:07.26,  Amanda  Couture  1:15.27,  Vanessa  DeSa 
1:27.16,  Andrea  Donnelly  1:28.47,  Sara  Magliochetti 
1:28.02,  Amanda  Medeiros  1:25.04,  Deanna  Riveira 
1:18.33;  100-yard  breaststroke  —  Amanda  Medeiros 
1:44.08,  DeSa  1:43.29,  Amy  Astle  1:44.96,  Donnelly 
1:42.52,  Siedah  Lamonde  1:55.50,  Riveira  1:48,76;  100- 
yard  backstroke  —  Astle  1:36.39,  Couture  1:27.56, 
Lamonde  1:47.96,  Magliochetti  1:48.17;  200-yard  freestyle 
relay  —  Rivelra-Lamonde-  Medeiros-Mazurek  2:21.40, 
Donnelly-DeSa-Astle-Couture  2:22.96. 


15  -18-year-old  division 

In  this  division,  swimmers 
events  are  1 00  yards 

BOYS:  100-yard  freestyle  —  Christopher  Demeule 
59.75,  William  McGuinness  55.81;  100-yard  breaststroke  — 
Demeule,  1:12.73. 

GIRLS:  100-yard  freestyle:  Nicole  Astle  1:14.37, 
Cassandra  Alves  1:08.23;  100-yard  breaststroke  —  Astle 
1:36.77,  Alves.  1:29.82;  100-yard  backstroke  —  Astle 
1:27.96,  Alves,  1:19.69. 


CONTINUED  FROM  PAGE  1 

“It's  the  largest  team  we’ve 
had,”  Thvares  says  of  the  65 
swimmers  on  the  Flyers  team 
this  year.  "We  grow  a  little  each 
year.” 

Tire  Flyers  are  one  of  five 
teams  in  the  league,  which  is 
a  developmental  one  for  the 
swimmers. 

Tavares  is  a  former  B.M.C. 
Durfee  High  School  standout 
basketball,  field  hockey  and 
softball  player.  She  also  served 
as  sports  editor  of  the  Durfee 
"HiLltopper."  She  then  earned 
a  degree  in  communications 
from  Bridgewater  State  Col- 

^She  stresses  teamwork  and 
team  attitude  in  her  work  with 
the  youngsters. 

"We  do  like  to  have  fun,” 
Tavares  admits.  “We  try  to  help 
diem  develop  their  strokes." 

But  members  of  the  team 
also  accept  the  fact  thatTava- 
res  must  also  infuse  a  sense 
of  responsibility  if  they  are  to 
grow  as  swimmers. 

“She  knows  we  need  to 
work  hard  to  get  where  we 
want  to  be,”  says  Sierra 
Grimsley,  1 1,  a  student  at  the 
*  Atlantis  Charter  School.  “I’m 
-supposed  to  go  two  times 
:  a  week,  and  I  end  up  going 
’  three." 


Team  members  range  in 
age  from  die  youngest,  Alexis 
Carpentier,  6,  to  Will  McGuin¬ 
ness,  a  Durfee  High  student 
who  serves  as  editor-in-chief 
of  the  school's  newspaper. 
McGuinness  also  works  as  a 
lifeguard  and  assists  Tavares  in 
coaching  his  fellow  swimmers. 

"It’s  definitely  a  different 
day  every  day,”  Tavares  says 
of  ner  experiences  at  die  club. 
"We  get  a  lot  of  kids  that  have 
never  swam  before.” 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  started  his  25-year 
career  with  the  organziation  as 
the  aquatics  director. 

“I'm  not  one-half  of  what 
Monica  is,”  says  McCarthy, 
as  he  watches  her  run  a  meet 
between  the  Flyers  and  and 
their  counterparts  from  the 
Pawtucket,  R.I.,  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  last  Saturday.  The  Flyers 
won  the  meet  handily.  “Shes 
taken  the  swim  team  and 
made  it  one  of  our  most  popu¬ 
lar  programs." 

“She  not  only  gets  the  kids 
involved,  but  she  energizes  die 
parents  with  her  personality  to 
get  involved,"  he  adds.  Shes  a 
wizard,  a  real  kid  magnet.  ’ 

Sue  Asde  is  one  of  those 
parents  that  gets  involved  in 
swimming  activities. 

“All  the  kids  love  Monica, 
she  says. 


Massoud-Sansone  2:40.49. 


MONICA  TAVARES,  left,  lets 
her  swimmers  know  which  races 
they  will  be  competing  in. 

ANTHONY  SANSONE,  8.  below 
left,  prepares  to  enter  the  water 
for  a  race. 


AMBER  COSTA,  below, 
prepares  to  race  in  the  8-and- 
under  backstroke  category.s 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 


KELLY  CABRAL,  10,  above,  a 
student  at  the  Atlantis  Charter 
School,  holds  onto  a  pet  toy 
monkey,  nicknamed  "Bobby 
Jack,”  that  she  uses  as  a  good 
luck  charm.  With  her  is  fellow 
swimmer  Brittany  Benjamin, 

1 1 ,  and  her  parents,  Joao  and 
Lillia  Cabral. 


The  Fall  River  Spirit.  Fall  River,  MA 


Thursday,  March  2,  2006  5 


MEMBERS  OF 
THE  WOLF  TAIL 
DRUMMERS 
AND  SINGERS, 

far  left,  included 
Russ(Wounded 
Turtle),  George 
(Thunder 
Trumpeter),  Tim 
Smith,  and  Don 
(Three  Horses) 
seated  around 
the  drums. 

YOUNG 
DAKOTA 
BROOKS  (WILD 
CHILD),  near 
left,  impressed 
the  audience 
with  his 
dancing  and 
energy  as 
he  circled 
several  times 
for  the  dance. 

Photos  by 
DEL  FURTADO/ 

Fall  River  Spirit 


Living 

-w-  -y  luuwuieii 

History 


Powwow  brings 
tribe’s  culture 
to  children 


By  PETER  DALEY 

Fall  River  Spirit  Correspondent 

It  seems  only  fitting  that  an 
annual  celebration  of  children 
in  a  community  be  held  at  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club.  That’s  just 
what  happened  Sunday  when 
local  members  of  the  Pocas- 
set  tribe  hosted  their  yearly  C. 
Lightningfoot  Honor  the  Chil¬ 
dren  Powwow  at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  in  Fall  River. 

If  a  Native  American  pow¬ 
wow  in  the  the  coldest  days 
of  winter  sounds  a  little  out  of 
season,  many  in  attendance 
admitted  they  frequented 
more  gatherings  in  the  sum¬ 
mertime.  But  neither  the  wind 
chill  nor  the  seasonal  scarcity 
of  powwows  deterred  scores 
of  local  Pocassets,  leaders  and 
members  of  other  regional 
tribes,  and  many  others  from 
the  general  community  from 
coming  together  to  celebrate 
the  preservation  of  their  cul¬ 
ture  through  children. 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director  of  the  Fall  River  Boys 
&  Girls  Club,  describes  this 
fourth  annual  event  as  benefi¬ 
cial  both  to  the  club  and  to  the 
Pocasset  tribe.  "This  is  a  great 
way  to  continue  the  Native 
American  culture.  It’s  also  a 
way  to  raise  awareness  of  their 
community." 

Although  the  event  was 
free,  the  suggested  donations 
exclusively  benefitted  the 
Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Clubs 
Capital  Campaign  to  fund  its 
expansion  project.  Teenage 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  members 
also  volunteered  at  the  pow¬ 
wow’s  full  kitchen,  whose 
proceeds  went  to  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club’s  Keystone  volun¬ 
teer  group.  McCarthy  admit¬ 
ted  he  was  surprised  to  learn 
that  kids  he  already  knew  as 
members  of  the  club  were  of 
Native  American  decent. 

Elbe  Page,  wife  of  Pocasset 
Chief  Greyfox  Page,  is  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  event. 

She  describes  succintly  how 
this  powwow  is  structured. 

“It’s  built  around  working  with 
children." 

A  leading  member  of  the 
Pocasset  community,  Page  is 


PRIOR  TO  THE  START  OF  THE  GRAND  ENTRY,  Chief  Ed¬ 
ward  Grey  Fox  Page  confers  with  Heather  Gouveia  (Smiling 
Dove)  and  daughter  Donnaraindance  Page. 


also  the  tribe’s  historian,  a  po¬ 
sition  that  includes  not  only 
keeping  records  of  the  tribe, 
but  also  verifying  the  geneal¬ 
ogy  of  those  who  claim  to  be 
of  Pocasset  lineage. 

Another  Pocasset  member, 
Donnie  Spring,  exemplifies 
both  the  regional  community 
of  the  tribe  and  the  focus  on 
its  youth.  He  is  from  Worcester 
and  this  year, he  brought  his 
1 -year-old  daughter,  Olivia, 
to  the  pow-wow.  "This  is  my 
fourth  year  coming  here,  and 
this  is  her  first,"  Spring  said 
as  he  watched  his  daughter 
step  to  the  beat  of  a  drum  in  a 
section  set  off  specifically  for 
young  dancers.  Spring  also 
understands  the  necessity  for 
exposing  children  early  to  the 
traditions  of  their  culture.  “It’s 
my  heritage,  and  it’s  going 
to  be  hers.  It's  not  just  about 
being  Native  American.  It’s 
about  teaching  kids.” 

Dakota  Brooks,  9,  a 
resident  of  Johnston,  R.I.,  is 
of  Cherokee  decent.  He  at¬ 
tributed  his  dancing  skills  to 
being  able  to  watch  others 
and  "learning  from  the  older 
people."  His  mother  describes 
this  as  a  "social  time,"  and  this 
event  in  Fall  River  is  a  precur¬ 
sor  to  the  powwows  she  and 
her  son  will  attend  in  the  com¬ 
ing  months.  She  estimates 
they  go  to  between  16  and  20 
such  gatherings  each  summer. 


Not  all  people  present 
at  the  event  were  of  Native 
American  decent,  though.  The 
C.  Lightningfoot  Honor  the 
Children  Powwow  welcomes 
all  members  of  the  public.  Ev¬ 
eryone  is  treated  to  numerous 
vendors  selling  Native  Ameri¬ 
can  merchandise,  literature  on 
local  tribe’s  history,  watching 
and  participating  in  organized 
dancing  to  tribal  music,  and 
witnessing  the  spectacle  of  the 
Grand  Entrance,  a  reverent 
procession  of  notable  Native 
Americans  in  attendance. 
Children  are  also  offered 
face-painting,  a  special  "candy 
dance”  (new  this  year),  and 
recreational  dancing. 

Aureo  Barbosa,  1 1,  is  a 
member  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club.  He  has  no  Native 
American  heritage,  but  he 
came  to  the  event  to  socialize 
with  people  his  age.  He  also 
noticed  the  traditions  and 
atmosphere.  "It’s  interesting. 
You  learn  new  things,”  he  said. 

During  one  of  the  dances 
focused  on  bringing  kids 
together,  the  children  gath¬ 
ered  to  hold  hands  in  a  circle 
to  perform  what  is  called 
“round  dancing."  Barbosa 
stood  off  to  the  side,  admir¬ 
ing  the  circling  and  stepping 


CHIEF  TRUEHART  LEE, 

above,  attends  the  pow-wow 
with  Woman  Spirit  Bear  and 
their  dog,  Snowball. 

GRAND  ENTRY  MARCH 
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H  NIES  RICHARD  MARSHELL 
(WORKING  BEAR),  left, 
speaks  with  Aura  Billias  of 
the  Cherokee  Tribe. 


patterns,  until  the  emcee  of 
the  event  called  him  to  join 
the  circle.  Noticeably  older 
than  most  of  the  youth  in  the 


round  dance,  Barbosa  joined 
them  as  the  emcee  further 


assured  him,  "We're  all  chil¬ 
dren  at  heart." 


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1c  Girls  Club  hosted  a  Senior  Gameroom 
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FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is 
providing  free  tax  preparation 
on  Saturday  mornings  from  9  to 
11  through  April  15. 

Basic  tax  returns  and  returns 
for  people  whose  annual  income 
is  less  than  $40,006  will  be  pre¬ 
pared.  Federal,  Massachusetts 
and  Rhode  Island  tax  forms  are 
available  to  be  completed  and 
filed  electronically. 

All  tax  preparers  are  certi¬ 
fied  in  Volunteer  Income  Tax 
Assistance. 

Appointments  are  required 
arid  can  be  made  by  calling  the 
club  at  508-672-6340. 


Gaelic  Storm  to  perform  benefit  show 

Proceeds  to  benefit 
Boys  &  Girls  Club 


Herald  News  Staff 


Gaelic  Storm,  the  dynamic  Irish 
band  featured  in  the  movie  “Titanic," 
will  be  back  in  this  area  Friday  night, 
performing  in  a  benefit  concert  for  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River. 

The  concert  will  be  held  at  8  p.m.  at 
White’s  of  Westport.  Tickets  may  be 
purchased  at  the  door  for  $25  or  they 
may  be  purchased  in  advance  for  $20 
by  calling  508-672-6340. 

Robert  Bogan,  chairman  of  the 
fund-raiser,  said  this  will  be  the 
fourth  time  Gaelic  Storm  has  done  a 
benefit  concert  for  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club. 

“It’s  a  very  exciting,  live  band,”  he 
said. 

Bogan  said  the  band  members,  who 
play  the  fiddle,  guitar,  bagpipes  and 
bodhran,  get  involved  with  the  audi¬ 
ence. 

"They  want  you  to  get  out  of  your 
seat,"  he  said. 

Bogan  said  Gaelic  Storm  has  a  good 
fan  base  in  this  area  and  drew  a  good 
crowd  to  the  previous  fund-raisers  for 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

“It  will  not  be  boring.  It’s  fun  to  put 
the  show  on.  I  like  doing  this,”  he 
said. 

Gaelic  Storm  is  based  in  Southern 
California.  The  party  band  that  played 
for  passengers  in  steerage  in 
“Titanic,”  the  group  has  produced  five 
chart-topping  popular  albums  since 
1998. 

The  band,  which  writes  its  own 
music  and  also  plays  some  traditional 
music,  has  toured  extensively 
throughout  the  United  States  and 
Canada.  It  is  known  for  its  dynamic 
dance  tunes  and  energetic  Celtic 
music. 


the  Irish  band  featured  in  the  movie  ‘Titanic,”  will  perform 


at  White's  of  Westport  Friday  night. 


Gaelic  Storm, 

Bogan  said  he's  been  following 
Irish  music  all  his  life  and  Gaelic 
Storm  is  one  of  his  favorite  groups. 
Gaelic  Storm  has  been  featured  at  the 
Irish  Festivals  in  Newport  and  at 
Stonehill  College. 

The  concert  at  White's  will  be  low 
key  and  people  can  show  up  wearing 
jeans  and  sneakers  if  they  wish,  Bogan 


said.  He  said  White's  is  a  great  venue 
and  can  accommodate  a  lot  of  people. 
Groups  of  10  can  reserve  tables. 

Before  Gaelic  Storm  comes  on. 
champion  dancers  from  the  Maura 
Nevin  Step  Dance  School  will  perform. 

"Charities  are  always  fund¬ 
raising.”  said  Bogan,  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  Boys  & 


Girls  Club.  “This  will  help  with  our 
capital  campaign.  The  city  has  been 
very  generous.  We  want  to  keep  it 
going.  Everybody  loves  the  club. 
They  can  show  that  and  have  a  good 
time.” 

The  club  recently  put  up  a  new 
Youth  Building.  It  houses  a  game 
room,  learning  center  and  teen  center. 


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WESTPORT  -  Four  senior  boys  and 
six  senior  girls  have  been  nominated  for 
the  SouthCoast  Regional  Swimmer  of 
the  Year  Award,  to  be  presented  to  the 
outstanding  male  and  female. 

The  awards  will  be  presented  during 
SouthCoast  Aquatics'  fifth  annual 
Coaching  Legends  Scholarship  Dinner 
and  Awards  Night  on  May  4,  at  6  p.m.  at 
White’s  of  Westport. 

In  honor  of  the  region's  coaching  leg¬ 
ends.  die  girls'  award  -has  been  named 
after  coach  Trix  Whalen  and  the  late 
coach  Sally  Smith  (Whalen/Smith 
Award)  and  the  boys’  award  named  after 
coaches  Jim  Medeiros  and  Jim  Filippo 


(Medeiros/Filippo 
Award).  The  top  male 
and  female  seniors  will 
be  awarded  $1,000  col¬ 
lege  scholarships. 

Winners  must  meet 
stringent  criteria  select¬ 
ed  by  SouthCoast 
Aquatics'  Board  of 
Directors.  Each  coach 
was  asked  to  nominate  a 
swimmer  and  provide 
background  information  on  the  candi¬ 
dates':  best  times  in  all  strokes  and  dis¬ 
tances  in  both  short-course  yards  and 
long-course  meters;  official  class  academ- 


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Erin  Bentley  Will  McGuinness  Julie  Gauvln  Paul  Zychowicz 


ic  rank;  history  of  training  and  compet¬ 
ing  during  the  past  four  years;  and  com¬ 
munity  service.  Nominees  are  assigned 
point  values  based  on  each  category. 

Participating  teams  are:  New 


Bedford,  Apponequet 
Regional,  Bishop  Stang 
and  Durfee  high  dchools, 
SouthCoast  Aquatics, 
YMCA  of  Greater  New 
Bedford,  Gleason  Family 
YMCA  in  Wareham, 
River  City  Swim  Club 
and  the  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River. 

This  year’s  nomi¬ 
nees  are:  Tricia 

Sullivan  and  Justin  Gregoire  of  New 
Bedford  High;  Kelsey  Steek  and  Joe 
Garcia  of  Apponequet;  Julie  Gauvin  and 
Paul  Zychowicz  of  Stang;  Erin  Bentley 
and  Will  McGuinness  of  Durfee;  Carly 


Suzan  of  SouthCoast  Aquatics;  and 
Alison  Baggen  of  New  Bedford  YMCA. 

Past  winners,  include:  Colleen 
Colarusso  (YMCA  of  Middleboro)  and 
Gino  Escalante  (Durfee)  in  2002;  Sarah 
Warren  (YMCA  of  Middleboro)  and 
James  Bodington  (SouthCoast  Aquatics) 
in  2003;  Ashley  Bailey  (SouthCoast 
Aquatics)  and  Zach  Gauvin  (Stang)  in 
2004;  and  Amalia  Zychowicz  (Stang)  and 
Chris  French  (Apponequet)  in  2005. 

Olympic  gold  medalist  Misty  Hyman 
will  be  the  guest  speaker  and  will  assist 
-  in  presenting  the  awards.  Tickets  are 
still  available.  For  more  information, 
visit  swimsca.org.  or  contact  SCA  at  508- 
984-1676. 


Cadet  Checkers  tournament 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas  Chew  memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  played  host  to  a  Cadet  Checkers 
Tournament  recently  with  Kobe  Alton  emerging 
the  winner. 

TifTany  Eastman,  Wilson  Medina,  Justin  Moniz, 
Trey  Morris,  Genessy  Ramos,  Shaquille  Smart  and 
Maylin  Vasquez  also  earned  points. 

Billiards  were  played  by  the  Junior  and 
Intermediate  members.  Earning  points  were 
Devyn  Barbosa,  Lauren  Blackman.  Louis 
Cordeiro,  Austin  Corriveau,  Miguel  Crisanto, 
Joseph  Morales,  Brandon  Rodriquez  and  Elvis 
Rodriquez. 


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Ping  pong  competition2'^ 

FALL  RIVER  —  In  recent  Ping  Pong 
competition  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  * 
Boys  &  Girls  Club,  Elvis  Rodrigues  finished 
in  first  place. 

He  was  followed  by  Ryan  Carter.  Robert 
Apontes,  Matt  Feliz.  Omi  Montanaz,  Keith 
Oliveira,  Joshua  Riveira,  Vincent  Rogers, 
Keicha  Serrano  and  Reasai  Tor. 


Ninety  Nine,  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
team  up  for  three  special  events 

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FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall 
River  Ninety  Nine  Restaurant 
partnered  with  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  for  three  special  events:  a 
traditional  Thanksgiving 
dinner,  a  tutoring  program 
dinner  and  a  Christmas  adopt- 
a-family. 

Two  members  of  the  Ninety 
Nine’s  kitchen  staff  helped  with 
food  preparation  for  the  annual 
Thanksgiving  dinner  attended 
by  315  members  and  parents. 


“The  volunteers  were  very 
professional  and  willing  to  do 
anything  to  help,"  said  Board 
Secretary  Irene  Orlando. 

The  Ninety  Nine  hosted  30 
children  and  staff  from  the 
club’s  tutoring/homework  pro¬ 
gram  for  dinner. 

"This  was  a  terrific  reward 
for  the  children."  said  program 
coordinator  Joycelyn  Abelha. 
"General  Manager  Ray 
Desmarais  and  his  staff  were 
wonderful.” 


The  Ninety  Nine  also  spon¬ 
sored  a  family  of  three  children 
for  the  club's  annual  holiday 
adopt-a-family.  The  family  was 
treated  to  presents  and  certifi¬ 
cates  for  grocery  items. 

“We  couldn’t  do  the  things 
we  did  without  Ray  and  the 
Ninety  Nine  staff  and  all  the 
other  people  and  companies 
like  them  who  give  back  to  the 
community,”  said  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy. 


Herald  News  Photo  I  Dave  Souza 


The  hunt  is  on!  *//«/“ 


Children  race  down  a  hallway  Saturday  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  ot 
Fall  River  at  the  start  of  its  annual  Easter  egg  hunt. 


Children  from  the 
Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  & 

Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  attended  a 
recent  Boston  Celtics 
home  game  as  part  of 
“McDonald’s  RMHC 
Community  Section” 
and  were  invited  to 
have  their  photo 
taken  on  the  parquet 
floor  of  the  TD 
Banknorth  Garden. 


BOSTON  —  Children  from  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  attended  a  recent  Boston 
Celtics  home  game  as  part  of  “McDonald's  RMHC 
Community  Section"  and  were  invited  to  have  their  photo 
taken  on  the  parquet  floor  of  the  TD  Banknorth  Garden. 

As  guests  in  "McDonald's  RMHC  Community  Section,” 
the  children  also  had  the  opportunity  to  see  both  teams  in 
the  pregame  shoot-around  prior  to  the  Celtics  game  against 
the  Washington  Wizards  on  April,  5. 

As  part  of  die  "McDonald's  RMHC  Community  Section" 
program.  McDonald’s  and  the  Boston  Celtics  host  24  chil¬ 
dren  from  a  local  non-profit  organ ization*that  has  received 
funding  from  RMHC  at  24  home  games  this  season.  Each 
participating  youngfcter  receives  a  complimentary  ticket  to 
the  game  and  a  Celtics/McDonald's  T-shirt. 

McDonald's  and  the  Boston  Celtics  have  been  corporate 


partners  for  14  years.  As  part  of  their  relationship, 
McDonald's  RMHC  of  Eastern  New  England  and  the  Boston 
Celtics  are  proud  to  host  children  who  would  otherwise  not 
have  the  opportunity  to  attend  a  Celtics  game. 

Since  it  began  in  1986,  Ronald  McDonald  House 
Charities  of  Eastern  New  England  has  awarded  more  than 
$12  million  to  over  1,000  non-profit  organizations  and  pro¬ 
grams  helping  thousands  of  children  and  families. 

There  are  332  McDonald's  restaurants  throughout  east¬ 
ern  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  New  Hampshire  and  part 
of  Connecticut  serving  more  than  300,000  people  each  day. 
Together,  the  independent  entrepreneurs  who  own  and 
Operate  area  restaurants  and  the  McDonald’s  Corporation 
employ  nearly  16,000  people,  purchase  more  than  $166  mil¬ 
lion  in  goods  annually  from  regional  suppliers,  and  collec¬ 
tively  are  one  of  the  largest  employers  in  the  region. 


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City  club  names  ‘Youth  of  the  Year’ 


FALL  RIVER  -  William 
McGuinness  was  named  the 
2006  Youth  of  the  Year  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  annual  awards 
dinner. 

McGuinness  is  a  senior  at 
B  M  C.  Durfee  High  School, 
where  he  is  captain  of  the  swim 
team  and  a  member  of  the 
National  Honors  Society.  He  is 
•'ditor-in-chief  of  The  Hilltop, 
*■»  student-run  newspaper. 
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Thomas  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Board  Member  Paul  Kelly,  right, 
presents  the  Youth  of  the  Year  Award  to  B.M.C.  Durfee  High 
School  senior  William  McGuinness  while  his  parents,  Edward  and 
Kerry  McGuinness  look  on. 


MANNY  PAPOULA,  left,  presents  Will  McGuinness  with  the 
Abe  White  Memorial  Scholarship. 

Boys  Club  honors 
young  members 


All  Fun  and  Games 

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National  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Week  was  a  major 
hit  last  week  in  Fall  River.  Events  started 
Monday  with  a  magic  show  and  ended 
Saturday  evening  with  a  dance  for  fourth 
graders  through  eighth  graders.  Other  activi¬ 
ties  included  games  room  tournaments,  a 
pool  party  and  an  Easter  egg  hunt. 

Top:  Maria  Ocasio,  9,  watches  Brian  Barbosa. 
9,  play  bumper  pool  during  the  Game  Room 
Frenzy  Wednesday. 

Left:  Nathan  Rodriguez,  8,  watches  Challin 
Serrano.  14.  play  table  tennis  in  the  game 
room. 

Right:  Krystal  Rodriguez,  1 1 ,  shows  off  her 
winning  form  from  a  Connect  4  game. 

Herald  News  Photos  l  Omar  Bradley 


By  PETER  DALEY 

Fall  River  Spirit  Correspondent 

The  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  recently  held  its  annual 
awards  banquet,  recognizing 
young  members'  achieve¬ 
ments  over  the  past  season  of 
after-school  activities.  Before 
a  crowd  of  more  than  300  in 
the  club’s  gymnasium,  nearly 
100  trophies  were  given  out 
to  boys  and  girls  who  partici¬ 
pated  and  excelled  in  various 
programs.  Prior  to  the  awards 
ceremony,  those  in  atten¬ 
dance  were  provided  with  a 
meal  served  by  the  Keystone 
Club,  the  teen  volunteer 
group  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club. 

Members  of  the  club's 
board  of  directors  helped 
present  the  trophies  after 
Executive  Director  Peter  Mc¬ 
Carthy  gave  a  brief  speech, 
commending  both  the 
children’s  and  the  staff  mem¬ 
bers’  efforts  and  achieve¬ 
ments.  In  addition,  Fall  River 
Mayor  Edward  M.  Lambert 
Jr.  gave  a  few  words  of  praise 
for  the  work  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  has  done  for  the  youth 
of  the  Fall  River  area.  Lambert 
noted  that  the  children  are 
the  future  of  the  city,  and  that 
it's  promising  to  see  many  of 
them  are  coming  from  such 
^  a  positive  atmosphere  as  the 
f  S' club,  which,  he  also  men- 

oned,  has  been  a  staple  of 
^  V  Fall  River  community  for 


Larrivee,  who  works  more 
directly  with  McGuinness 
through  Keystone,  echoed 
McCarthy’s  sentiments.  ’’Will 
has  been  a  member  (of  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club)  since  he 
was  six  years  old,  and  I’ve 
watched  him  grow  into  a 
fine  young  man.  He  has  a  lot 
of  character  and  has  been  a 
positive  role  model  for  our 
younger  members.  He  has 
great  potential,  and  I  think  he 
will  be  very  successful." 

The  winner  of  the  Youth 
of  the  Year  receives  not  only 
a  large  trophy  and  his  or  her 
name  permanently  engraved 
on  a  plaque  in  the  Club.;  he 
also  receives  a  $2,000  schol¬ 
arship,  money  that  comes 
directly  from  the  generosity  of 
Manny  Papoula,  whom  Mc¬ 
Carthy  describes  as  a  "God¬ 
send.’’ 

Three  years  ago,  Papoula 
walked  into  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  and  asked  McCarthy 
what  area  of  the  club  needed 
any  financial  help.  The  Youth 
of  the  Year  honor  intrigued 
him,  and  he  agreed  to  help  on 
the  condition  that  the  award 
was  given  in  the  name  of  Abe 
White,  a  mentor  who  helped 
Papoula  when  he  was  young. 
It  was  scholarship  money 
that  helped  Papoula  get  into 
Boston  College  when  he 
was  young,  and,  for  the  past 
three  years,  he  has  helped 
the  youth  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club.  And,  for  that,  McCar¬ 
thy  says,  "the  club  is  forever 
grateful.” 


Revs  to  make  city  appearance  Wednesday 


FALL  RIVER  —  Several  professional  soccer 
players  from  the  New  England  Revolution  team 
will  make  a  guest  appearance  at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  on  Wednesday 
for  a  two-hour  program  with  the  club's  youth  and 

Revolution  players  will  sign  autographs  and 
the  club  will  sponsor  soccer  contests  for  Fall 
River  youth  and  teens  with  prizes  provided  by  the 
New  England  Revolution  and  Karl  Feitelberg  of 
Sterling  Resources. 

The  New  England  Revolution  was  established 
in  1995.  With  Gillette  Stadium  as  its  home  venue, 
the  team  is  one  of  ten  original  organizations  of 
Major  League  Soccer. 

The  Revs  generously  support  its  community 
and  promotes  youth  soccer  through  initiatives 
such  as  Kicks  for  Kids  and  Revolution  Academy. 
For  more  information,  visit  www.revolutionsoc- 
cer.net. 

The  mission  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is  to  inspire  and 


enable  all  young  people,  especially  those  from  dis¬ 
advantaged  circumstances,  to  realize  their  full 
potential  as  productive,  responsible  and  caring  cit¬ 
izens.  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  provides  a  safe  and 
healthy  environment  for  youth  during  the  after¬ 
noon  and  early  evening  hours.  Programs  include 
sports  leagues,  social  activities  and  educational 
enhancement  opportunities,  including  tutoring. 

Open  to  all  youth  in  grades  1*-12  from  4-8  p.m., 
the  club  is  a  positive  place  for  children  to  spend 
their  out-of-school  hours.  An  after-school  pro¬ 
gram  is  available  for  parents  needing  daycare 
from  the  close  of  school  until  6  p.m.  Club  buses 
pick  up  at  all  local  schools. 

Upon  arrival  at  the  club,  all  children  receive  a 
snack  and  are  then  assisted  with  homework 
assignments  or  are  directed  to  various  recre¬ 
ational  activities.  Rates  for  the  after-school  pro¬ 
gram  are  based  on  family  income.  1°  the  summer 
the  club  operates  a  camp  in  assnnct.  Camp  Welch 
offers  both  day  and  resident  camp.  Rates  are 
based  on  family  income. 


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BiJy  Joerres  (Somerset),  9.  Karl  BremSst  (E 
Wareham),  10  Michael  Rorthock  (Mashpee). 
Street  Stock  Fggtyre.(2Q  laps) 

1.  Jim  Silvia  (Mlddlilown,  Rl),  2.  John 
Lamer  (Attleboro),  3.  Greg  Perry  Jr  (Taunlon), 
4  Ray  Negley  (Covenlry,  Rl),  5.  Paul  Lallier 
(Pawtucket,  Rl).  6.  Brian  Spillane  (Walpole), 
7  Sieve  Axon  (Attleboro),  8, Chris  Rioux 
(Pawtucket,  Rl),  9,  Ron  Barboza  Jr.  (Warren, 
Rl),  10.  Al  Clements  IV  (Oak  Bluffs). 

SYRA-750  Feature  (15  laps) 

1  Zach  Tucan  (Taunton),  2.  Frank  Perry 
(Holbrook),  3  Chris  Robinson  (W.  Warwick, 
Rl),  4.  Mike  Panciocco  (Johnston,  Rl),  5. 
Emily  Santor  (Norwood). 


1  Matthew  Burke  (Plymouth),  2  Jacob 
Swill  (Falrhaven),  3.  Kyle  Tnngall  (Plymouth), 
4  Kyle  Kuchta\  (Nlantic,  CT),  5.  Dylan 
Estrella  (No.  Atlleboro). 


1.  Randy  Arruda  (Swansea),  2.  C,  J. 
Mello  (Cranston,  Rl),  3.  Mark  Boisvert 
(Uxbridge),  4.  William  Chouinard  (Swansea), 
5.  John  Robidoux  (Swansea),  6.  David 
Torrey  (Abington),  7  William  Wallace  Jr, 
(Orleans),  8,  Scott  Cestodlo  (Swansea),  9, 
Wayne  Woodworth  (Hanson),  10  Daniel 
Uneham  (Coventry,  Rl). 


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FALL  RIVER  -  William 
McGuinness  has  been  selected  as 
the  Abe  White  Youth  of  the  Year 
for  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River.  He  will  receive  a  $2,000 
scholarship. 

McGuinness.  17.  is  a  senior  at 
BMC  Durfee  High  School.  He  is 
on  the  swim  team  and  is  the 
editor  in  chief  of  the  school’s 
newspaper,  The  Hilltop. 

He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  for  11  years. 
He  serves  as  vice  president  of  the 
Keystone  Club  and  assistant 
coach  of  the  club's  swim  team.  • 

McGuinness  will  compete 


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to  &(» 


will  compete  for  the  title  of 
Northeast  Region  Youth  of  the 
Year  and  a  $10,000  scholarship. 

The  five  regional  winners  will 
compete  for  the  title  of  BGCA’s 
National  Youth  of  the  Year  and  a 
$15,000  college  scholarship. 


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Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Qub  represented  by  Peter  McCarthy 


Photo  by  Ana  A.  Ferreira 

“Portu-goal”  fever  is  quickly  spreading  across  the  world  and  fans  are  becoming  delirious.  On  Sunday,  Por¬ 
tugal  defeated  Holland,  qualifying  for  the  World  Cup  quarter-finals  for  the  first  time  in  40  years.  Above, 
fans  took  to  the  streets  of  Fall  River,  as  many  others  did  in  surrounding  areas.  The  “warm  celebration"  even 
propelled  some  individuals  to  remove  part  of  their  clothing.  Now,  one  question  remains,  “Can  you  imagi¬ 
ne  what  the  fans  will  do  if  Portugal  defeats  England  tomorrow?” 

A  febre  do  “ Portu-Golo ”  esta  a  espalhar-se  rapidamente  pelo  mundo  e  as  fas  estao  cada  vez  mais  deli- 
rantes.  No  domingo  passado,  Portugal  derrotou  a  Holanda,  qualificando-se  para  os  quartos-de-final  do 
Mundial  pela  primeira  vez  em  40  anos.  Em  cima,  os  fas  sairam  a  rua  em  Fall  River,  assim  como  em  outras 
localidades  da  area.  A  “celebragao  quente"  ate  levou  alguns  a  tirar  alguma  roupa.  Imagine  so  o  que  farao 
se  Portugal  derrotar  a  Inglaterra  amanha. 

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The  Boys  and 
Girls  Club 

10  WEEKS  •  6:30AM-5:30PM 
BREAKFAST  -  LUNCH  Included 
$40.00  per  week 

Call  508-672-6340  for  more  information 


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And  The  Awards  Go  To... 


The  2006  recipients  of  the  John  S.  Brayton,  Jr.  Memorial  Community  Service  Awards  come  from  all  walks  of  life. 
The  Fall  River  Area  Chamber  of  Commerce  will  honor  these  six  extraordinary  individuals 
and  two  outstanding  organizations  on  Wednesday,  June  21, 2006  at  the  Venus  De  Milo. 


Kart  He  tiler  Ll- Robert  M- Cabral 

10/29/53  -  11/5/05 


Robert  Horne 


William  Langfield 


Brian  Rose  talks 
to  a  packed  house 
at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  on 
Wednesday.  Also 
on  hand  at  the 
event  was  Bristol 
County  District 
Attorney  Paul  F. 
Walsh  Jr.  (front 
row.  center). 


_ _ _ 

ij^.  -2.i£jfe'Otos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fa"  Ffivef  Spirit 

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cfw  fan  FREITA  MCDONALD,  who  works  In  the 
S  Cub.  asks  Rose  a  few  quest, ons 


Stafford  Sheehan 


Jerome  P.  Gamache 


Portu-soal  Fever! 


Greater  Fall  River  Salvation  Army, 
represented  by  Major  June  Carver 
and  Major  Donald  Carver 


WEBSTER  BANK’S  John  Wright,  left,  vice  president  for  business  and  professional  bank¬ 
ing,  and  Evelyn  Amaral,  vice  president  and  retail  market  manager  for  Greater  Fall  River/ 
New  Bedford,  with  Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


Webster  Bank  gives  $5K 
to  area  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


Webster  Bank  recently  donated  $5,000 
to  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  to 
help  fund  its  Kids  Cafe  summer  program. 

Kids  Cafe  was  established  to  close  the 
nutritional  gap  that  arises  each  summer, 
when  children  are  not  receiving  free  or 
reduced-cost  school  lunches.  The  Fall 
River  program  serves  some  200  area  chil¬ 
dren  and  teens  each  day 


The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  recently 
received  additional  assistance  from  a 
team  of  Webster  Bank  volunteers,  who 
helped  prepare  its  Camp  Welch  in 
Assonet,  Mass.,  for  summer  visitors.  The 
bankers  spent  a  Saturday  afternoon 
painting  the  camp’s  dining  hall  and  other 
buildings.  ■ 


CAMP  WELCH  j0 

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Serving  Youth  Since  1882 


SUMMER  CAMP 

10  weeks  from  June  26'1’  -  September  1” 

(Children  ages  6-14) 

Registration  for  Day  Camp  Programs  Only 

Saturday,  starts  at  ll:00-3:00pm 


At  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 

803  Bedford  Street,  Fall  River,  MA 

For  information  call  508-672-6340 


Submitted  Photo 


Chew  Club  honored  at  Fenway 

5h,ew,eoy;iand,Girl,s  c]ub  Fal1  Rhw  was  recently  honored  at  Fenway  Park  by  Ronald  McDonald  House 
Charities®  of  Eastern  New  England-  The  RHMC  presented  the  club  with  3  525,000  grant  to  be  used  lor  computers 
rhlK  TUT*'  *  7*  aS,°J'er  "'CKsilies'  pitt“'fd  M  are:  Wally  the  Green  Monster;  Mitchell  Winterhalter; 
Charhe  Wnterhalter.  president  of  Ronald  McDonald  House  Charities  of  Eastern  New  England;  Thomas  Chew  Boys 

!"d  mu  ih'  d,rK,°!.l>e,ler  MtCarthy:  dub  membe'*P  director  Elizabeth  McCarthy;  Ronald  McDonald; 

and  McDonald  s  owner/operator  Paul  Betor. 


is  cleaning  up 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Kiwanis 
Club  of  Fall  River  recently 
donated  $1,500  to  the  Fall  River 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  toward  the 
purchase  of  a  pool  vacuum. 
Making  the  presentation  at  the 
club  to  Peter  McCarthy,  execu¬ 
tive  director,  were  Ann  Marie 
Valiquette,  president  of  the  Fall 
River  Kiwanis  Club,  and  Joseph 
Rodrigues,  president  of  the  K 
Club  Foundation.  The  new 
vacuum  will  allow  members  of 
the  club  to  use  the  pool  on  a 
continual  basis  without  inter¬ 
ruption. 


The  Fall  River  Lodge  of  Elks  No. 
118  recently  held  a  golf  tourna¬ 
ment  to  raise  funds  for  local 
charities.  Presenting  a  check 
to  Boys  and  Girls  Club  Director 
Peter  McCarthy,  back  left,  for 
their  building  fund  is  Exalted 
Ruler  Mary  Dagwan.  Also 
pictured  are:  front  row  (l-r) 

-  Ciera  Arruda,  Abraham  Sabeh, 
Ferrisha  Cooley,  Paula  Carreiro, 
Cyana  Merkt,  Evan  Caban,  and 
Christopher  Correia. 

Submitted  Photo 


Welch:  Lots 


CONTINUED  FROM  PAGE  1 

aspect  of  the  camp  is  that  each  camper 
is  responsible  for  the  amount  of  fun  he 
has.  Executive  Director  Peter  McCar¬ 
thy  says,  "Campers  have  the  opportu¬ 
nity  to  choose  what  they  want  to  do.  At 
many  other  camps,  kids  play  kickball 
at  ten  o'clock,  basketball  at  twelve, 
and  hockey  at  two.  Here,  you  get  to 
choose." 

Senior  Program  Director  Kevin 
Vorro,  with  some  help  from  his  staff, 
assembles  the  campers  around  the  fire 
for  their  choices.  On  a  typical  night, 
he  would  send  campers  off  to  choose 
from  basketball,  baseball,  kickball. 
four-square,  hockey  or  games  in  the 
Camp  Center.  However,  tonight  is 
Thursday  night,  the  last  night  of  the 
week,  so  the  activities  are  special.  To 
cheers  he  announces  campers  can 
choose  between  Capture  the  Flag  and 
Bombardment,  two  favorites  among 
the  campers. 

Afterward,  Vorro  starts  a  marshmal¬ 
low  roasting  contest  as  the  rest  of  the 
staff  sneaks  away  for  their  Thursday 
night  break.  Don’t  tell  the  campers,  but 
it's  die  Sox  game  with  a  table  full  of  piz¬ 
za  and  Chinese  food.  For  the  staff,  it's 
a  welcome  retreat,  and  Vorro  and  Mc¬ 
Carthy  couldn't  praise  them  enough. 
Pointing  to  the  semicircle  of  cabins  he 
says,  "I  have  college  graduates  at  each 
end,  and  the  middle  is  filled  with  qual¬ 
ity  people  you  can  trust.  We’re  lucky." 

Back  at  the  contest,  campers  enjoy 
their  last  night  while  eagerly  looking 
forward  to  the  next  boys’  week.  For  a 
laugh,  one  might  ask  die  6- to  8 -year- 
old  boys  of  Navajo  cabin  how  far  they 
are  from  home.  Braydon  Massa  replies, 
“Fifty  miles?"  Assonet  may  be  but  a 
short  drive  from  the  Thomas  Chew  Me¬ 
morial  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  but  to  some 
campers,  they  might  as  well  be  on 
another  planet  miles  away  from  from  a 
sweltering  and  monotonous  summer. 

When  asked  what  Camp  Welch  is, 
staff  member  Jake  Rapoza  replies,  "It's 
a  place  where  kids  can  have  fun  and  be 
themselves  while  escaping  the  every¬ 
day  routine  of  a  regular  summer." 

The  same  question  is  asked  to 
camper  Javon  Kay,  and  he  replies  sim¬ 
ply,  'It’s  fun." 


CAMPERS  RAMA  DIXON  AND 
KEVIN  MEDEIROS,  above,  roast 
marshmallows  over  the  campfire. 

DANNY  MORRIS,  left,  and  the  other 
campers  enjoy  games  like  kickball, 
baseball,  basketball,  Capture  the 
Flag  and  more. 

CAMPERS  ENJOY  a  few  laughs, 
below,  during  dinner  time. 

Photos  by  WILL  McGUINNESS/ 

Fall  River  Spirit 


SENIOR 
PROGRAM 
DIRECTOR 
KEVIN 
VORRO,  right, 
is  poised 
to  hurl  a 
marshmallow 
as  campers 
gather  around 
the  campfire  for 
a  marshmallow 
roast. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  wins  $  1M  contribution 

_  FALL  RIVER  — The  Robert  F.  FALL  RIVER  cornnmmty  atl^eSncTsigrfifi-  they  have  done  a  tremendous 

Nfm/'n/CirclCoH  ,  n  _ _  _ .  .1  . 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Robert  F.  FALL  RIVER 
Stoico/FirstFed  Charitable 
Foundation  will  commit  $1 
million  to  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  in 
Fall  River,  making  it  the  largest 
single  contribution  to  the  club’s 
Next  Generation  Campaign,  of¬ 
ficials  said  in  a  press  release. 

The  grant  will  be  recognized 
in  perpetuity  by  naming  die 
new  Youth  Building  addition 
The  Robert  F.  Stoico/FirstFed 
Youth  Center. 

At  the  Fall  River  club,  400 


programs  on  a  daily  basis.  Every 
weekday,  an  average  of  200  chil¬ 
dren  take  part  in  the  Kids  Cafe 
program,  which  serves  nourish¬ 
ing  meals  to  children  who  stay 
during  the  dinner  hours;  65 
percent  of  die  children  who  at¬ 
tend  die  club  come  from  low- 
income  families. 

The  campaign  stemmed 
from  a  lack  of  space  and  the 


need  in  the  city  to  build  a  teen 

....  „  u  ,  center  The  club  has  answered  . . . ™ . . . . 

children  attend  the  after-school  the  call  with  the  help  of  the  its  campaign-  goal).  We  think  tors  to  the  capital  campaign 


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community  at  large  andsig 
cant  donations. 

Mr.  Stoico,  the  foundation's 
founding  chairman,  president 
and  CEO,  said,  "No  other  place 
offers  such  a  safe  haven  to  the 
children  of  Fall  River.  They  do 
their  homework  here,  they  eat 
dinner  here,  they  play  here.  We 
are  happy  to  help  die  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  near  their  goal  and  finish 
the  construction  of  the  new 
Youdi  Building  (the  club  must 
still  raise  $1.25  million  to  reach 


they  have  done  a  tremendous 
job  and  congratulate  them  on 
die  completion  of  die  building.” 

Chairman  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  John  Feitelberg,  said,  "Mr. 
Stoico  has  stepped  forward  to 
continue  to  support  a  cause  he 
personally  believes  in.  We  are 
honored  that  he  has  directed 
his  generosity,  and  that  of  the 
foundation,  to  our  organiza¬ 
tion." 

The  club  will  hold  a  building 
dedication  on  Nov.  2  at  4  p.m. 
to  thank  all  the  major  contribu- 


Sunday  Standard-Times,  New  Bedford,  MA 


New  Fall  River  race  aids  Boys  &  Girls  C 


Add  another  race  to  your  fall 
racing  calendar. 

The  first  John  Correiro  Memo¬ 
rial  5k  Road  Race  will  be  held 
next  Sunday  at  noon  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 

The  race,  named  after  the  late 
Fall  River  school  superintendent, 
will  be  run  over  a  fast,  flat  course 
through  downtown  Fall  River, 
i  "with  a  downhill  finish,"  accord- 
j  ing  to  race  director  Bob  Bogan, 
\  whom  some  of  you  may  remem- 
■  her  as  the  Durfee  High  football 
coach  in  the  early  '90s. 


BOB  HANNA 


Running  Notebook 

registered  runners  and  walkers 
will  receive  long-sleeve  T-shirts. 

There  will  also  be  awards  for 
the  winners  in  each  of  six  age  di¬ 
visions:  18-and-under,  19-29, 30- 


REFLECTIONS  MONDAY  The  overall  men  and  women's  Awards  will  go  to  die  top  three 
If  you're  looking  for  a  nice  little  winners  will  receive  a  cash  prize  men  and  women  overall  and  the 
race  for  the  holiday  tomorrow,  of  $100,  with  trophies  going  to  top  three  men  and  women  in 
the  top  three  finishers  in  each 
age  division.  There  will  also  be  a 
.raffle  and  refreshments  after  the 
race. 

Post-entries  ($15)  will  be  ac¬ 
cepted  until  9:30  am. 


head  out  to  Brooklawn  Park  in 
the  North  End  of  New  Bedford, 
where  the  Columbus  Day  Reflec¬ 
tions  5k  Road  Race  will  celebrate 
its  10  th  anniversary. 

You'll  also  be  helping  a  good 
cause  as  die  race  is  the  sole  fund¬ 
raiser  for  Reflections  Inc.,  the 
drug  and  alcohol  free  communi¬ 
ty  center  on  Belleville  Avenue  in 
the  North  End. 

The  organization,  which  also 


SPOONER  10K  NOV.  13 

The  Greater  New  Bedford 
Track  Club's  Spooner  10k  is  set 
for  Nov.  13  at  10  a.m.  at  Button- 
wood  Park. 

Don't  wait  too  long  to  register 


each  of  the  following  age  divi¬ 
sions:  12-and-under,  12-18,  19- 
29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69  and 
70-and-over. 

Refreshments  will  be  available 
at  die  Senior  Center  after  the 
race. 

Pre-entry  fee  is  $12;  post¬ 
entry  the  day  of  die  race,  $15.  In 
addition  to  the  entry  fee,  race  or¬ 
ganizers  are  asking  runners  to 
bring  two  non-perishable  items 
to  the  race  to  be  donated  to  local 


Proceeds  from  the  race  will  39, 40-49, 50-59  and  60-and-over.  operates  two  houses  for  people  for  this  race  as  T-shirts  will  go  to  JJ 
benefit  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  at  Entry  fee  is  $15  for  those  regis-  recovering  from  addiction  and  a  the  first  150  entrants.  AnEfinm  are  availahle  a, 

H03  Bedford  St.,  where  the  race  tering  at  needtorace.com  and  womens  program  for  mothers,  The  race,  which  will  start  and  n™  a  Snorts  on  Rn  ire  R 

will  start  and  finish.  Work  is  now  $18  by  mail  providing  it  is  post-  has  helped  hundreds  of  sub-  finish  near  the  Senior  Center  at  ^  llirhmen  %r  toformation 

being  completed  on  a  new  $2.8  marked  by  Tuesday  (Oct.  11).  stance  abusers  stay  clean  and  Buttonwood  Park,  is  held  in  ’ 

million  teen  center  at  the  club.  Post-entry  fee  the  day  of  the  race  sober.  memory  of  former  New  Bedford 

There  will  be  cash  awards  of  is  $20.  The  race  will  start  (10  a.m.)  marathoner  and  cyclist  O.  Gard- 

$150,  $100  and  $50  for  the  top  For  information,  call  the  Boys  and  finish  at  the  park,  with  walk-  ner  Spooner  and  is  the  last  area 

three  men  and  women,  and  all  &  Girls  Club  at  508-672-6340.  ers  starting  at  9:30  a.m..  race  of  the  fall  season. 


contact  race  director  Sheryl  Brig¬ 
gs  at  508-748-1729. 

TURKEY  TROT  NOV  6 

The  five-mile  Turkey  Trot  in 


Taunton  will  b 
a.m.  at  the  Tain 
Awards  will 
men’s  and  won 
the  first  three 
age  division. 

Long-sleeve 
die  first  250  ei 
will  be  a  raffle ; 
after  die  race, 
will  be  available 
For  more  infc 
Hines  at  the  T« 
508-823-3320, 
colonyymca.org 
Forinformatii 
Fall  Classic  5k  ai 
30  at  9  am.,  got 
sic.com. 

Bob  Hanna  is  a  colu 
Standard-Times. 


Herald  News  Photos  |  Omar  Bradley 


Frightful  festivities 


The  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  and  the  Maplewood  Senior  Center  both  held  Halloween  parties  on  Saturday.  The 
events  scared  up  local  trick-or-treaters  and,  in  the  case  of  the  Maplewood  Make-A-Wlsh  party,  donations  for  a  worthy 
cause.  Above,  Trevor  Bosse,  5,  waits  for  his  sister  Alexis,  7,  and  his  dad  Richard  to  go  into  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Halloween  Party.  Below  right,  Meredith  Taylor,  17,  Sasha  Levitskaya,  17,  and  Ashley  Tillman,  15,  load  up  canned 
goods  for  the  needy  at  the  Make-A-Wish  party.  Below  left,  a  corpse  waits  for  inspection  in  the  haunted  locker  room 
at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  At  left,  Jayla,  6,  and  Jaliyah  Hall,  5,  of  Fall  River  portray  little  princesses  at  the  Make-A-Wish 
Halloween  Party. 


FROM  PAGE  ONE 


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The  Herald  News,  Monday,  October  30, 2006  A5 


Outreach:  New  city  program 


From  Page  A1 

needs  help,  contact  us,  we’re  not 
looking  to  be  an  overbearing  force  in 
someone's  life." 

For  younger  targets  in  the  city  the 
help  sometimes  comes  in  finding  a 
place  to  hang  out  after  school. 

Kelvin  Ortiz  said  he  has  spent  some 
of  the  first  two  months  of  the  program 
working  with  officials  from  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  to  secure  free  mem¬ 
berships.  He  is  also  working  to  get  a 
bus  that  will  pick  up  50  kids  from  the 
Sunset  Hill  and  Maple  Garden  housing 
developments  and  bring  them  to  the 
Bedford  Street  club. 

“We  just  want  to  sit  down  with 
these  kids  and  help  them  fix  their 
problems,"  Ortiz  said,  recalling  the 
work  he  did  to  get  one  child  to  go  to 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  for  dinner 
each  night  because  his  mother  had 
to  work. 


"We’re  just  trying  to  utilize  the 
resources  that  are  there,  but  that  these 
people  may  not  be  familiar  with," 
Ferreira  said. 

As  a  group,  the  three  full-time  and 
two-part  time  counselors  speak  four 
languages  in  an  effort  to  be  available  for 
the  changing  ethnic  demographics  of 
the  city.  The  five  outreach  counselors  are 
also  longtime  Fall  River  residents  who 
are  familiar  with  the  city’s  neighbor¬ 
hoods  and  schools. 

"These  are  people  who  are  not  that 
removed  from  the  situation  themselves," 
Coughlin  said. 

To  find  children  in  need  of  then- 
services,  the  outreach  counselors  rely 
on  tips  from  school  leaders  and  school 
resource  officers,  as  well  as  anyone  in 
the  community  who  knows  of  a  child  in 
need  of  assistance. 

And  while  there  is  a  collaboration 
with  the  police  department,  which  also 


serves  as  the  fiscal  agent  for  the  grant, 
McCloskey  said  both  sides  have  agreed 
that  the  outreach  counselors  are  not  out 
to  serve  as  informants  or  snitches. 

“We  are  not  out  there  to  be  their  eyes 
and  ears,”  McCloskey  said.  “Once  we  do 
that,  we  lose  all  of  our  street  cred.” 

In  the  first  two  months,  the  five 
outreach  counselors  say  they  already 
feel  the  program  is  making  a  differ¬ 
ence,  though  they  know  the  work  is 
not  done. 

“I  definitely  think  we  are  making  a 
difference,”  Ferreira  said.  “But  there  are 
some  kids  that  no  matter  how  hard  you 
try  don’t  want^any  part  of  it.  But  from 
what  I  find,  you  can’t  turn  your  backs 
on  them.  You  just  have  to  keep  talking 
to  them  and  eventually  they’ll  open  up 
to  you.” 


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Christian  McCloskey,  left,  director  of  the  Gang  Outreach  Program,  oversees  an  exchange  between  Korim 
Pensao,  Diane  Ferreira,  Andrew  Berube  and  Kelvin  Ortiz  with  some  Bennie  Costa  Plaza  residents. 


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At  snack  time 
after  school, 
Autumn  Snell,  7, 
takes  a  big  bite 
of  her  apple,  as 
Felicity  Pereira, 

6,  contemplates 
her  next  move, 
at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls 
Club. 

Herald  News 
Photo  | 
Jack  Foley 


THE  THREE  MAJOR  PHILANTHROPISTS  who  made  the 
new  youth  building  possible  gather  for  the  dedication.  From 
left  are  Robert  F.  Stoico,  Thomas  A.  Rodgers  III  and  Earle 
P.  “Chuck”  Charlton  II,  seated  across  the  aisle  alongside 
daughter  Stacey  Charlton. 


New  Boys  &  Girls  Club  building  dedicated 


By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

For  more  than  40  years,  Louis  “Zip" 
Freedman  dedicated  much  of  his  free 
time  each  week  to  serving  as  a  positive 
role  model  for  the  youth  at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  His 
wife,  Bebey,  and  daughters  Joyce  (Freed¬ 
man)  Goldweitz  and  Wendy  (Freedman) 
Joblon  knew  that  their  husband  and 
father  had  a  deep  passion  for  helping 
the  city’s  youth  and  supported  him,  even 
though  he  volunteered  many  hours  away 
from  them  at  the  club  promoting  good 
sportsmanship. 

Freedman’s  contributions  were 
recognized  last  Thursday  at  the  official 


dedication  of  the  club's  new  Robert  F. 
Stoico /FIRSTFED  Youth  Building.  A  new, 
lighted  outdoor  basketball  court  dedi¬ 
cated  to  Freedman  was  added  to  the  east 
side  of  the  building  as  part  of  the  club's 
$3.6  million  Next  Generation  capital 
campaign. 

"Commitment  is  something  you  don’t 
tell  someone  about,"  Goldweitz  said  of 
her  father’s  low-key  altruistic  approach 
to  helping  youth.  "It  was  his  passion." 

"My  father's  heart  was  here,”  Joblon 
added. 

"I'm  sure  he’s  looking  down  and  smil¬ 
ing,”  Bebey  Freedman  said. 

The  three  key  philanthropists,  all  with 
Fall  River  connections,  who  made  the 
major  expansion  possible  gathered  with 


dozens  of  other  contributors  to  dedicate 
the  building.  Robert  F.  Stoico,  head  of 
the  FIRSTFED  Charitable  Foundation; 
Thomas  A.  Rodgers  III,  whose  family 
started  Globe  Manufacturing,  and  Earle 
P.  “Chuck”  Charlton  II,  whose  family 
founded  the  Woolworth  chain,  which 
was  built  upon  the  former  E.P.  Charlton 
five-and-dime  store  in  Fall  River,  were 
the  guests  of  honor. 

The  Slade’s  Ferry  Room,  the  main 
level  of  the  new  three-level  18,000- 
square-foot  youth  building,  which  serves 
as  a  gathering  place,  was  cleared  of  its 
bumper  pool  tables  and  other  games  to 
accommodate  the  large  group. 

"We’re  averaging  400  kids  a  day,  six 

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From  Page  A1 

Building  Wednesday  after¬ 
noon. 

The  new  addition  to  the 
olub,  located  at  003  Bedford  St., 
provides  18.000  square  feet  of 
space  to  house  a  new  game 
room,  learning  center  and  the 
Rodgers  Teen  Center. 

Work  on  the  building  also 
allowed  lor  the  renovation  or 
the  kitchen  area  in  order  to 
better  prepare  rood  for  the 
thousands  of  area  youths  that 
are  fed  at  the  cluh 

After  helping  to  cut  the  offi¬ 
cial  ribbon,  both  Edge  and 
Moreland  said  they  are  already 
impressed  with  die  new  addi¬ 
tion. 

There’s  a  lot  more  space,” 
Edge  said.  "The  teen  center  is 
what  I’m  most  jealous  about 
because  there  never  used  to  be 
a  place  to  get  away." 

Moreland  said  the  new  addi¬ 
tion  makes  the  club  feel  more 
adult. 

"Everything  is  more  grown- 
upish."  he  said.  "Now  if  we 
want  to  play  basketball,  we 
don't  have  to  worry  about  the 
little  kids  being  in  the  way.  it 
just  has  a  more  futuristic  feel." 

They  weren't  the  only  ones 
excited  about  the  new 
building. 

With  people  packed  into  the 
new  Rodgers  Teen  Center.  Jolin 
J.  Feitelberg.  chairman  or  the 
club  s  board  of  directors, 
Blanked  all  those  who  donated  to 
make  the  renovation  possible. 

"Your  continued  willing¬ 
ness  to  come  hm-e  today  will 
have  a  signifi.  ,,l  i  np.n-t  ,n 


> -miuren  wno  use  this 
facility,"  Feitelberg  said.  “This 
is  now  really  a  place  for  teens 
who  didn't  want  to  come  here 
anymore  because  of  the  feeling 
that  the  club  was  for  kids.” 

Feitelberg  also  heaped 
praise  on  Robert  F.  Stoico  and 
the  Rodgers  Family 
Foundation,  along  with  other 
donors,  for  donating  money  to 
make  the  expansion  dreams  a 
reality. 

Club  executive  director 
Peter  McCarthy  also  thanked 
those  who  made  the  project 
possible. 

‘On  behalf  of  the  hundreds 
of  students  who  come  through 
these  doors  every  day,  thank 
you."  McCarthy  said. 

Mayor  Edward  M.  Lambert 
Jr.  called  the  grand  opening  a 
great  day  for  not  only  the  club 
but  also  the  city. 

"There  are  so  many  young 
people  who  need  these  services 
after  school,  in  the  evenings, 
during  summers,  who  would 
not  normally  have  the  kind  of 
enrichment  they  need." 
Lambert  said. 

Along  with  the  new  facili¬ 
ties.  board  member  and  clerk 
of  the  works  for  the  project. 
Charles  B.  Curtis,  said  the 
building  is  now  completely 
handicapped  accessible. 

"Every  single  dollar 
donated  to  this  club  has  been  F 
put  to  the  right  cause,"  Curtis  “ 
said.  "We  spent  a  lot  of  time 
and  a  lot  of  headaches,  but  as 
you  can  see  it  was  worth  it." 


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VRICHMOND@  HERALDNEWS.COM. 


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Large  turnout 
for  ceremony 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  addition  dedicated 


Marc  Munroe  Dion 

Herald  News  State  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  When  you 
drive  Bedford  Street,  heading 
west  at  the  intersection  of 
Quarry,  you  see  not  just  the  wall 
of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  you  see 
through  the  wall. 

It’s  a  glass  wall,  of  course, 
and  looking  through  it  after 
the  sun  sets,  you  see  Fall  River 
kids  doing  homework,  playing 
games,  talking,  all  of  it  in  a  safe 
environment  in  a  building  that 
just  finished  dedicating  a  big, 
new  addition. 

On  Thursday  morning,  an 
intermittently  heavy  rain  kept 
dignitaries  and  supporters  off 
the  swamped  outdoor  basketball 
court,  but  dedication  ceremo¬ 
nies  went  just  fine  inside. 

“It’s  an  outstanding  building 
and  I’m  pretty  excited  to 
show  it  off  to  you,”  said  Peter 
McCarthy,  executive  director  of 


the  Thomas  E.  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

Working  on  fund  raising  since 
2001,  a  laundry  list  of  Fall  River 
givers,  movers  and  shakers  raised 
the  money  for  a  20,000-square- 
foot  addition.  Inside  are  a  number 
of  new  things,  all  of  them  named 
for  generous  donors. 

Thus  there  is  the  Rodgers 
Teen  Center,  the  Earle  P.  Charlton 
Library,  the  BankFive  Atrium,  the 
Robert  F.  Stoico  FIRSTFED  Youth 
Building,  the  Freedman  Outdoor 
Basketball  Court  and  numerous 
other  features  named  for  donors. 

As  he  does  at  so  many  events, 
the  Rev.  Robert  Lawrence  spoke 
the  benediction,  noting  that 
children  are  “Fall  River’s  greatest 
resource.” 

"Today  represents  a  dream 
becoming  a  reality,"  said  John 
F.  Feitelberg,  chairman  of  the 
club’s  board  of  directors.  “This 
effort  was  day-by-day,  month- 
by-month,  year-by-year  and 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Dave  Souza 

There  was  a  large  gathering  Thursday  at  the  dedication  of  the  Thomas  E.  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club's  new  addition, 
the  Robert  F,  Stoico  FIRSTFED  Youth  Building. 


brick-by-brick.  We  did  it.” 

Feitelberg  noted  that  the  club 
provider  a  place  where  teens  can 
“learn,  find  nourishment,  rec¬ 
reate  and  laugh." 

Fall  River  Mayor  Edward 
M.  Lambert  Jr.  said  the  effort 
behind  improving  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  speaks  volumes  about 
Fall  River. 


“The  heart  and  soul  and  fabric 
of  a  lot  of  communities  is  being 
-frayed  by  neglect,"  Lambert  said. 
“That  is  not  the  case  here.” 

And  Lambert  said  he  knows 
what  time  at  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  means  for  a  lot  of  kids. 

“One  less  opportunity  to 
have  been  simply  placed  in  front 
of  the  television,”  Lambert  said. 


As  for  Robert  F.  Stoico,  he 
said  he  knew  exactly  what  the 
club  meant. 

“If  our  gift  only  helps  one 
child  —  and  we  know  it  will 
help  a  lot  more  —  it’ll  be  worth 
it,”  he  said. 


E-mail  Marc  Munroe  Dion  at 
MDION@HERALONEWS.COM. 


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Club's  teen  center 
has  a  new  look 


Herald  News  Staff 

FALL  RIVER  —  There  are  few 
times  that  the  new  Robert  F.  Stoico/ 
FIRSTFED  Youth  Center  at  the 
Thomas  E.  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  is  filled  with  adults. 

One  of  those  moments  came  just 
a’ year  ago  when  the  ribbon  on  the 
facility  was  cut  among  a  crowd  of  dig¬ 
nitaries,  donors  and  club  employees. 

That  Nov.  2  ceremony  marked 
the  beginning  of  exciting  times  at 
the  club  on  Bedford  Street.  With 
scores  of  children  playing  basketball 
on  the  clean  new  courts,  two  long¬ 
time  members,  along  with  members 


of  the  board  of  directors  and  donors, 
helped  with  the  ceremonial  cutting 
that  celebrated  the  opening  of  the 
18,000-square-foot  facility,  which 
includes  a  new  game  room,  learning 
center,  a  renovated  kitchen  area  and 
the  Rodgers  Teen  Center. 

The  new  building  will  be  dedi¬ 
cated  Thursday. 

The  teen  center  is  named  for  the 
Rodgers  Family  Foundation,  and  its 
president,  Thomas  A.  Rodgers  III, 
who  presided  over  the  grand  opening 
and  ribbon  cutting  last  year. 

Following  the  ceremony  is  didn't 

Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  A5 


M0RIAL  BOYS  AND  GIRLS  CLUB 


Staff  member  Pam  Spiridon.  17,  helps  Tyler  Johnson,  5,  load  a  computer  game  in  the  computet  lab  in 
the  new  addition  of  the  Thomas  E.  Chew  Memorial  Boys  8.  Girls  Club. 


Donors  greatly  enhance  youth  center 


$3M  addition  to 
Boys  &  Girls  Club 
to  be  dedicated 
on  Thursday 

Deborah  Allard 

HfRAU)  NfWS  SWf  RffOftHR 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  children 
have  more  room  to  play  and 
learn.  Teen  members  have  a  safe 
place  to  hang  out.  Staffers  have  a 
nicer  working  environment. 

Without  the  $3  million 
donated  to  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  to 
-  build  an  addition  to  its  1967 
Bedford  Street  structure,  the 
hundreds  of-young  people  who 
visit  each  day  would  still  be  in 
cramped  quarters. 

When  the  new  building  is 
dedicated  on  Thursday,  it  will 
bear  the  name  of  its  largest  finan¬ 
cial  supporter  —  it’ll  be  called 
the  Robert  J.  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Youth  Center. 

The  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Charitable  Foundation  donated 
$1  million  to  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  for  the  purpose  of  erecting 
the  new  building. 

Two  other  major  donors, 
Thomas  A.  Rodgers  III  of  the 
Rodgers  Foundation  and  E.P. 
Charlton  II  of  the  Charlton 
Charitable  Trust  &  Foundation, 
will  also  share  in  the  glory.  The 
Rodgers  Foundation  contrib* 
uted  $300,000  to  the  club’s  Next* 
Generation  Campaign,  and  the 
Charlton  Trust  8c  Foundation 
donated  $250,000. 

“This  is  what  makes  it  pos¬ 
sible,"  said  Peter  McCarthy, 
director  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club.  “It's  doable  now  because 
of  those  three  guys.” 

He  said  without  the  mil¬ 
lions  in  donations  the  club 
received  —  including  many 
smaller  donations  from  busi¬ 
nesses  and  individuals  —  the 
addition  could  never  have  been 
built. 

The  18,000-square-foot  addi¬ 
tion  opened  one  year  ago,  after 
some  five  years  of  planning  and 
j  fund-raising.  It  serves  about 
7,000  children  each  year.  Some 
65  percent  of  its  members  and 
visitors  are  from  low-income 
families. 

“All  you  have  to  do  is  walk 
into  the  club  at  night,  and  you 
want  to  support  them,”  said 
Robert  F.  Stoico,  the  founda¬ 
tion’s  founding  chairman,  presi¬ 
dent  and  CEO. 

The  club  offers  children  a  safe 
haven  after  school  and  during 
vacations. 

It  serves  meals  each  night 
and  offers  athletic  and  learning 
activities. 

Stoico  has  been  a  Boys  8c  Girls 
Club  board  member  since  1972. 
Though  he  currently  resides  in 
Florida,  Stoico  said  he’s  always 


had  an  interest  in  the  Fall  River 
club. 

“It’s  a  tremendous  resource 
for  the  community,”  Stoico  said. 
“It  really  is  great.” 

The  •  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Foundation  supports  non¬ 
profit  organizations  in  south¬ 
eastern  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island.  In  2004,  it  con¬ 
tributed  $1  million  to  St.  Anne’s 
Hospital. 

“Fall  River  is  a  primary  ben-  • 
eficiary  of  the  things  we  do. 
That’s  where  our  focus  is,”  Stoico 
said.  "We  did  a  lot  of  business  in 
Fall  River.” 

The  Next  Generation 
Campaign  still  needs  to  raise 
about  $400,000  toward  paying 
for  the  $3.5  million  addition. 
McCarthy  said  it  plans  to  reach 
out  to  the  community  for  dona¬ 
tions. 

Charlton  said  he  believed 
supporting  the  Boys  8c  Girls 
Club  was  important  for  the 
youth  in  this  community. 

“Kids  in  Fall  River  need  that 
club,”  Charlton  said.  “With  the 
Charlton  Charitable  Trust,  we’re 
trying  to  make  a  difference  in 
everything  we  do." 

Charlton  is  the  grandson  of 
one  of  the  original  founders  of 
the  former  F.W.  Woolworth  Co. 


He  resides  in  California. 

"We  try  to  do  what’s  impor¬ 
tant  to  Fall  River  and  the  com¬ 
munity,”  Charlton  said. 

The  Herald  News  was  unable 
to  reach  Thomas  A.  Rodgers  III 


for  comment.  Rodgers  is  presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Rodgers  Foundation, 
and  was  vice  president  of  the 
former  Globe  Mfg. 

To  make  a  donation  to  the 
Next  Generation  Campaign,  call 


the  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  at  508- 
672-6340,  or  send  to  803  Bedford 
St.,  Fall  River,  MA  02720. 


E-mail  Deborah  Allard  at 
DALLARD@HEHALDNEWS.COM. 


12  Thursday,  November  2,  2006 


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SGT.  JOE 
PULLEN, 

of  the  Army 
National 
Guard, 
gives  a  les¬ 
son  in  flag 
etiquette  to 
students  at 
the  club, 
as  Sgt. 
Steven 
Armstrong 
and  Mimi 
Larrivee 
look  on. 

Photos  by 
RICK  SNIZEK/ 

Fall  River  Spirit 


ARMY  NATIONAL  GUARD  SGTS.  JOE  PULLEN,  left,  and  Steven  Armstrong  demonstrate  how  to  properly 
fold  a  flag  for  students  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  during  a  visit  last  week,  above.  At 
right,  Andrew  Gomes,  9,  of  the  Atlantis  Charter  School,  Marisa  Surgens,  10,  of  Carroll  School  and  Janessa 
Camara.  9.  of  Greene  School  look  on  as  Armstrong  identifies  the  stripes  he  has  received. 


Patriotic  exercise 


TYSON  ROD- 

9,  a 
at  the 
School, 
receives  a 
National  Guard 
bottle  as  a 
prize  from  Arm¬ 
strong  for  cor¬ 
rectly  answering 


‘Everything  is  more  grown-upisli.  Now  if  we  want  to  play  basketball,  we  don  t  have  to 
worry’  about  the  little  kuls  being  in  the  way.  It  just  luts  a  more  futuristic  feel. 

Boys  arid  Girls  Club  gets  hipper 

New  addition 
has  game  room, 
center  for  teens 


Kids  play  after  school  In  the  new  addition  to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  Wednesday. 


Will  Richmond 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Casey  Edge  and 
DeAndre  Moreland,  two  longtime  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
and  Girls  Club,  admit 
they're  a  bit  jealous 
about  the  latest  addition 
to  the  club. 

But  they’re  still 
happy  to  Know  the  effects 
it  will  have  on  the  thou¬ 
sands  of  children  who 
will  use  the  facility. 

With  children  playing  on  the  new  bas¬ 
ketball  court  behind  them,  employees 
and  members  of  the  board  of  directors  for 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  cut  the  ribbon  on 
the  Robert  F.  Stoico/FirstFed  Youth 
Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  A5 


More  club 
news  on 
Page  D2. 


THE 
THREE- 
LEVEL 
FACIL¬ 
ITY  offers 
students  fro 
elementary 
school  to 
high  school 
a  safe  and 
comfort¬ 
able  place 
to  learn  and 
play. 


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STAFF  MEMBER  MELISSA  TAVARES  watches  as  Amanda  Couture,  14,  of 

Henry  Lord  School  swipes  her  ID  card  in  as  part  of  a  new  security  system, 
above. 


JENE  VALENTE,  left,  Amber  Gr¬ 
uber,  Kaitlyn  Waters  and  Kendra 
Valente  unwind  after  school  in  the 
Teen  Center  by  watching  TV  along 
with  Mark  Lopes,  above. 

JOCELYN  ABELHA  looks  over  a 
reading  passage  with  Alex  DaCa- 
mara,  13,  a  Henry  Lord  student, 
at  right. 


Dedicating 

a  Landmark 

New  Boys  Club  building  opens 


By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

To  the  hundreds  of  kids 
that  use  the  facility  each 
week,  the  striking  glass  and 
steel  frame  that  seems  to 
jut  out  over  Bedford  Street 
encases  18,000  square  feet  of 
the  city’s  most  valuable  real 
estate. 

Last  fall,  thanks  to  the  con¬ 
tributions  of  many,  including 
three  exceptionally  generous 
donors,  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
opened  the  doors  to  the  new 
Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Youth  Building.  Attached  by 
walkways,  and  a  new  state- 
of-the-art  lobby,  the  three- 
story  addition  has  something 
for  everyone:  a  library  and 
computer  classrooms  on  the 
ground  floor:  a  eameroom 
for  pre-teens  on  the  second 
level;  and  a  first-class  teen- 
only  lounge,  called  The  Club, 
on  the  top  floor.  Today,  the 
three  top  donors  will  be  on 
hand  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
to  officially  dedicate  the  new 
building.  Robert  F.  Stoico, 
who  now  resides  in  Florida- 
Thomas  A-  Rodgers  III,  of 
Providence  and  E.P.  Charlton 
D,  of  California  will  be  on 
hand  for  the  dedication. 

"I  want  to  get  people  in  the 
community  in  this  building 
to  see  it,"  Peter  McCarthy,  the 
club’s  executive  director  says 
proudly  of  the  new  addition 
to  the  club  he’s  headed  up  for 
the  last  10  years,  after  having 
given  nearly  two  decades  of 
service  to  it  in  other  capaci¬ 
ties. 


McCarthy  is  excited  about 
what  the  club  has  been  able 
to  do  with  all  its  new  space, 
even  though  it  has  experi¬ 
enced  some  growing  pains 
adapting  to  it  in  terms  of 
staffing  and  regulating  traffic 
flow  through  the  multi-level 
building. 

“Our  numbers  have  been 
350-400  kids  a  day,’’  he  says. 
"The  space  has  enabled  us  to 
serve  more  kids  in  our  after- 
school  tutoring  programs," 
which  serve  some  75-100 
students  a  day. 

Instructor  Jocelyn  Abelha 
agrees. 

“We  can  accommodate 
more  children  and  separate 
them  in  an  orderly  fashion," 
says  Abelha,  who  is  a  student 
at  Bridgewater  State  College 
studying  to  be  a  teacher. 

Abelha  most  often  tutors 
elemental  y  sLiiooi  soiuenis 
in  spelling  and  math,  and 
middle  school  students  in 
math  and  social  studies. 

For  her,  the  change  in  the 
physical  plant  of  the  club  was 
certainly  a  welcome  one,  and 
one  she's  waited  some  time 
to  see. 

"Since  I  was  seven  years 
old  I’ve  been  coming  here,” 
says  Abelha,  a  former  club 
Youth  of  the  Year. 

Mimi  Larrivee,  the  club’s 
teen  director,  has  an  of¬ 
fice  overlooking  the  entire 
third  floor,  which  houses  the 
Keystone  Cafe,  pool  tables,  a 
game  room  -  with  two  XBox 
360  stations,  a  large  screen 
TV  and  even  a  glass-enclosed 
recording  studio. 

See  LANDMARK,  Page  11 


MARK  LOPES,  left,  and  Tyler 
Gomes  enjoy  a  game  of  pool  in 
the  now  Teen  Center  after  a  day 
of  school  at  Durfee,  above. 

MIMI  LARRIVEE,  the  club  s 
teen  director,  shows  off  some  of 
the  features  students  available 
to  teefts,  left. 

HEARTEYONA  BROWN,  10, 

left,  of  the  Atlantis  Charter 
School,  and  Veronica  Braga, 

1 1 ,  of  Doran  School,  enjoy  a 
game  of  hockey  in  the  new 
middle  school  gameroom  on  the 
second  level  of  the  Youth  Build¬ 
ing,  left. 

Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 


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Philanthropists  on  hand 

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days  a  week,"  Executive 
Director  Peter  McCarthy  said 
of  the  positive  impact  the 
new  addition  is  having  on 
the  club's  delivery  of  services. 
“We’ve  been  more  visible  in 
the  community  and  have 
begun  developing  more  part¬ 
nerships  in  the  community." 

But  raising  $3.6  million  to 
pay  for  the  project  has  not 
been  an  easy  task. 

“The  last  six  years  has 
been  a  struggle,”  McCarthy 
said.  “The  board  meetings 
were  often  contentious." 

McCarthy  said  there  is 
still  about  $400,000  left  to  be 
raised  before  the  project  is 
free  and  clear  of  debt. 

The  Robert  F.  Stoico/ 
FIRSTFED  Foundation  do¬ 
nated  a  $1  million  leadership 
gift  to  the  1 16-year-old  club 
tor  the  building. 

"This  building  takes  an 
awful  lot  of  children  off  the 
street,”  Stoico  said.  "We’re 
excited  to  be  part  of  it.” 

Stoico,  who  now  resides 
in  southern  Florida,  recalled 
a  meeting  with  a  youngster 
named  Danny  during  previ¬ 
ous  visits  when  the  expansion 
was  first  completed  last  fall. 
Danny  wanted  to  come  into 
the  new  computer  center, 
but  it  was  known  that  he 
had  been  skipping  school 
on  a  fairly  regular  basis.  The 


youngster  was  told  that  if  he 
got  his  school  attendance 
back  on  track  he  could  use 
the  new  facility.  The  day  of 
the  ribbon-cutting  ceremony, 
Stoico  wondered  aloud  where 
Danny  was.  A  few  moments 
later,  Danny  walked  in, 

dressed  in  a  shirt  and  tie. 

"I  will  never  forget  that  for 
as  long  as  I  live,"  Stoico  said. 
“That  one  gift,  if  it  changed 
one  child's  life,  it  was  well 
worth  it." 

Charlton  was  accompa¬ 
nied  on  the  trip  from  his 
home  in  the  San  Francisco 
Bay  area  by  daughter  Stacey 
Charlton, 

"These  kids  need  the  at¬ 
tention  they  get  here,"  said 
Charlton,  who  was  bom  in 
Boston  and  lived  in  Fall  River 
and  Westport  Harbor  until 
age  5,  when  his  family  moved 
to  the  West  Coast  to  expand 
the  family  business.  “Its  the 
future  of  Fall  River.” 

Charlton  said  his  late 
grandfather,  E.P  Charl¬ 
ton,  loved  the  city  of  Fall 
River  dearly.  That  is  why  the 
family’s  charitable  trust  con¬ 
tinues  to  award  funds  in  the 
area  to  a  variety  of  projects, 
including  the  Charlton  Col¬ 
lege  of  Business  at  UMass 
Dartmouth. 

"We  felt  southeastern 
Massachusetts  was  the  most 
important  place  to  give  our 
money,"  he  said. 


She’s  taking  her  cue 

Malkiah  Cunningham,  5,  of  Fall  River,  sinks  her  ball  in  a  bumper  pool  game  at  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  on  Monday. 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradley 


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BEBEY  FREEDMAN,  above,  widow  of 
longtime  club  supporter  Louis  “Zip" 
Freedman,  and  her  daughters  Joyce 
Goldweitz  and  Wendy  Joblon  were  hon¬ 
ored  to  have  the  new  basketball  court  built 
as  part  of  the  expansion  dedicated  to  their 
husband  and  father. 

EARLE  PERRY  CHARLTON  II,  left,  shows 
Frederic  C.  Dreyer  Jr.,  president  emeri¬ 
tus  and  honorary  trustee  of  SouthCoast 
Hospitals  Group,  the  boxed  collection  of 
National  Geographic  Magazines  he  dedi¬ 
cated  to  the  new  Earle  P.  Charlton  Library 
at  the  club  as  executive  director  Peter 
McCarthy  looks  on. 

Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/  Fall  River  Spirit 


Charlton  donates  $2M  for  hospital  expansion 


Earle  P.  "Chuck”  Charlton 
II  last  week  announced  a  $2 
million  dollar  pledge  from 
the  Charlton  Charitable  Trust 
to  benefit  the  $33  million 
expansion  project  at  St.  Luke’s 
Hospital,  the  New  Bedford 
site  of  Southcoast  Hospitals 
Group.  The  gift  is  the  largest 
ever  received  by  St.  Lukevs. 

The  pledge  is  the  first  of  its 
kind  made  by  the  Charlton 
TYust  to  St.  Luke’s  Hospi¬ 
tal  and  continues  the  long 
legacy  of  giving  to  another 
Southcoast  hospital,  Charlton 
Memorial  Hospital  in  Fall 
River. 

“Part  of  the  intent  of  the 


Charlton  Charitable  Trust  is 
to  help  ensure  the  people  of 
southeastern  Massachusetts 
have  what  they  need,"  Charl¬ 
ton  said.  "We  chose  to  make 
this  pledge  to  St.  Luke’s  be¬ 
cause,  as  part  of  Southcoast 
Health  System,  the  hospital 
provides  essential  services  to 
the  area." 

"This  generous  gift  to  St. 
Luke’s  Hospital  from  the 
Charlton  Charitable  TYust 
once  again  demonstrates 
the  Charlton  family’s  sup¬ 
port  for  Southcoast  as  the 
leading  provider  of  health 
care  in  the  region,”  said  John 
B.  Day,  president  &  CEO  of 


Southcoast  Health  System. 
"Bringing  the  best  possible 
services  and  technology  to  St. 
Luke’s  benefits  the  entire  area 
and  we  are  thankful  to  Mr. 
Charlton  for  helping  us  in  this 
endeavor." 

"We  are  extremely  grateful 
for  this  gift,”  said  Dr.  Ronald 
B.  Goodspeed,  president  of 
Southcoast  Hospitals  Group. 
"It  will  help  Southcoast 
ensure  that  our  neighbors, 
family  and  friends  will  get  the 
care  that  they  need,  right  here 
close  to  home." 

Earle  P.  "Chuck"  Charlton 
II  is  trustee  of  the  Charlton 
Charitable  Trusts  that  were 
established  by  his  grandfa¬ 
ther,  Earle  Perry  Charlton, 
founder  of  E.P.  Charlton  Five 


&  Ten  Cent  Company,  which 
later  became  F.W.  Woolworth. 
One  of  Charlton’s  first  gifts 
was  $25,000  in  1923  for  a  new 
wing  to  Truesdale  Hospital 
and  four  years  later  an  un¬ 
precedented  $500,000  to  fund 
the  entire  Charlton  surgery 
wing.  Truesdale  Hospital 
became  Union-Truesdale 
in  1975  and  was  renamed 
Charlton  Memorial  Hospi¬ 
tal  in  1980  with  a  $1  million 
contribution  by  the  Charlton 
trust  to  the  Union-Truesdale 
building  fund.  The  family 
trust  has  continued  its  sup¬ 
port  throughout  the  years, 
most  recently  making  a  $2 
million  donation  to  South- 
coast’s  open  heart  surgery 
program. 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Jack  Foley 


Cooking  for  the  kids 

Arlene  Omosefunmi  keeps  it  coming  as  she  prepares  182  orders  of  fish  and  chips  in  the  new  kitchen  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club's  new  kitchen. 


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The  Herald  News,  Sunday,  December  24,  2006  A3 


Club  finds  it's  short  on  tutors 


Will  Richmond 

Ht«Aio  Ntws  Siam  Ripottis 

FALL  RIVER  —  Retired  teachers 
who  are  going  through  teaching  with¬ 
drawals,  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  may  have  your  fix. 

With  the  construction  of  the  new 
addition  at  the  Bedford  Street  club, 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  added  space 
for  a  newly  established  tutoring  center 
and  homework  center  named  the  E.R 
“Chuck"  Charlton  Library. 

But  with  the  added  space  has  come 


added  demand  and  now  club  Executive 
Director  Peter  McCarthy  said  the  cur¬ 
rent  staff  of  volunteer  tutors  are  over¬ 
whelmed. 

“This  is  something  that  is  such  a 
need  at  the  club,"  McCarthy  said.  “We 
have  so  many  kids  that  need  one-on- 
one." 

To  help  fill  the  void,  McCarthy 
said  the  club  is  looking  for  qualified 
tutors,  with  an  eye  towards  retired 
teachers,  to  volunteer  as  little  as  an 
hour  a  week.  Tutors  are  needed  in  all 
subjects,  including  Spanish,  and  for 


all  grade  levels. 

“We  have  a  lot  of  really  younger  kids 
who  may  only  need  a  half-hour  to  do 
their  homework,  but  they  still  come  in 
every  day,”  McCarthy  said. 

Any  volunteers  would  help  to  sup¬ 
plement  a  group  of  high  school  and 
college  students  who  tutor  at  the  club  as 
part  of  community  service  programs. 

“These  students  are  invaluable, 
but  it’s  just  not  enough,”  McCarthy 
lamented.  “That’s  why  we’re  looking 
for  retired  teachers.  You  can’t  beat  their 
experience.” 


McCarthy  said  the  addition  of  retired 
teachers  to  the  volunteer  staff  may  also 
make  it  possible  for  the  club  to  start  a 
regular  geography-related  lesson  with  a 
full  collection  of  National  Geographic 
magazines  that  were  donated  by  the 
Charlton  Foundation. 

“We’re  finding  that  a  number  of  kids 
are  not  able  to  find  spots  on  a  map,” 
McCarthy  said.  “So  were  thinking 
maybe  we  could  do  a  map  of  the  week 
or  month.  That  could  be  an  area  where 
retired  teachers  might  be  interested.” 

McCarthy  said  the  tutoring  center  is 


open  from  3:30  to  7:30  p.m.  during  the 
week,  with  the  busiest  hours  of  need 
from  4  to  5  p.m.  and  5:30  to  6:30  p.m. 
The  center  is  also  open  on  Saturday 
mornings.  ■* 

“We  can  have  up  to  75  kids  in  there 
at  a  time,”  McCarthy  said.  “We  have  the 
space  now  where  we  can  put  a  kid  in  a 
corner  with  a  tutor  and  really  help.” 

For  more  information,  call  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  at  508-672-6340. 


E-mail  Will  Richmond  at 

WRICHMOND@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


Generous  donation 

Fall  River  Boys  S  Girls  Club  educational  coordinator  Jocelyn  Abelha  sorts  through  hundreds  of  toys  donated  by  the  Dartmouth  barracks  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Police  for  children  in  Fall  River  and  New  Bedford  recently.  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 


Boys'  Club  foosball  I  ~jf  -cl 

FALL  RIVER  -  John  Carlos  Medina 
was  the  leading  point  scorer  recently  in 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Cadet  Foosball  action. 

’  Other  top  scorers  were  Trazel  Hairston, 
D'avon  Gonsalves,  Tristen  Hannon,  Timmy 
i  Luwoie,  John  Carlos  Medoca,  Devonte 
Pacheco,  Tyler  Paiva,  Meera  Sabeth, 

I  Sharief  Vanness,  Jose  Vasquez  and  Shawn 
Wasilowski. 

In  Junior  Foosball,  Steve  Correia  took 
;  first  place,  followed  by  Abraham  Sabeth 
and  Lauren  Bryant.  In  the  Intermediate 
Division,  Alex  Brilhante  was  first  followed 
by  Amber  Braga  and  Alex  Viera. 


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Fox  Point  swimmers 
top  Fall  River  Flyers 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  swim  team,  the  Fall 
River  Flyers,  suffered  a  tough 
loss  last  weekend  against  the  Fox 
Point  Boys  8c  Girls  Club. 

This  year,  the  Flyers  have  many 
|  new  swimmers  who  are  continu- 
j  ally  improving  in  their  individual 
races  while  some  veterans  have 
already  set  new  team  records. 

The  results  of  the  meet  were 
as  follows: 

8  &  Under  division 

In  this  age  group,  events  are  25  yards. 

BOYS  —  Sakai  Howard,  freestyle 
(23.97),  breaststroke  (35.56)  and  but- 
J  terlly  (34.10);  Brandon  Krauzyk,  freestyle 
(28.7 1 ),  breaststroke  (46.89)  and  backstroke 
(28.84);  Anthony  Sansone,  freestyle  (18.99) 

\  and  breaststroke  (27.99);  Nathan  St.  Pierre, 
freestyle  (1:50.82),  breaststroke  (45.54)  and 
backstroke  (39,71). 

GIRLS  —  Alyssa  Camplnha,  freestyle 
J  (31 .91 ),  breaststroke  (32.55)  and  backstroke 
(30.49);  Alexis  Carpentler,  freestyle  (19.82), 
backstroke  (26.44)  and  butterfly  (28.26), 

9  &  10-vear-old  division 
In  this  age  group,  evenls  are  50  yards, 

BOYS  —  Phillip  Orel,  freestyle  (44,31) 
and  backstroke  (58.13);  Robert  St.  Pierre, 
freestyle  (1:15.03)  and  backstroke  (1:25.81); 
Peter  Souvlney,  freestyle  (48.44). 

GIRLS  —  Kelly  Cabral,  100-yard  Indi¬ 
vidual  medley  (1 :32.1 2)  and  freestyle  (37.09); 
Lyanda  Merkt,  freestyle  (49.55)  and  back- 
stroke  (54.95);  Savannali  Pacheco,  freestyle 
(39.70)  and  breaststroke  (50.48);  Monica 
Parker,  freestyle  (37.06),  backstroke  (48.69) 
and  butterfly  (52.40);  Cabral-  Merkt-Parker- 
Pacheco, 200yd  freestyle  relay  (2:56.77). 


In  this  age  group,  events  are  50  yards. 

BOYS  —  Aaron  Dem,  freestyle  (29,29) 
and  backstroke  (35.77);  Danny  Morris,  100- 
yard  Individual  medley  (1:21.46)  and  but¬ 
terfly  (35,44);  Jesse  Morris,  freestyle  (29.34) 


and  breaststroke  (45.19);  Scott  Stavens, 
freestyle  (35.16)  and  backstroke  (46.18); 
Hayden  Tavares,  freestyle  (38,76)  and 
breaststroke  (51.96);  Morris  twins-Tavares- 
Dem,  200-yard  freestyle  relay  (2:08.20). 

GIRLS  —  Kelsey  Almeida,  freestyle 
(33.24)  and  breaststroke  (45.96);  Brittany 
Benjamin,  100-yard  Individual  medley 
(1:45.87)  and  backstroke  (49.35);  Katelyn 
Cappello,  breaststroke  (50.07)  and  butterfly 
(46.85);  Victoria  Gagne,  butterfly  (42.56); 
Drew  Guay,  freestyle  (34.76);  Kelly  Harlow, 
backstroke  (47.91);  Sakiynah  Howard, 
freestyle  (42.60)  and  backstroke  (1:05.19); 
Brle-Ann  Lavoie,  breaststroke  (48.10), 
Lexy  Mendonca,  freestyle  (33.02);  Sarah 
Medeiros,  backstroke  (42,53). 

Almeida-Cappello-Mendonca-Guay 
(2:39.99)  and  Medelros-Lavoie-Gagne- 
Harlow  (2:53.28),  200-yard  medley  relay; 
Lavole-Mendonca-Gagne-Guay  (2:28.56) 
and  Medelros-Benjamln-Howard-Harlow 
(2:41.86),  200-yard  freestyle  relay. 

13  &  14-vear-old  division 
In  this  age  group,  events  are  100  yards. 

BOYS  —  Kyle  Couture,  freestyle 
(1:03.35)  and  backstroke  (1:16.48);  Jack 
Grace.  200-yard  individual  medley  (3:37.28); 
Joshua  Moniz,  50  freestyle  (51.17)  and 
backstroke  (2:41.52);  Jordan  Moniz,  back- 
stroke  (2:24.36);  Brandon  Pankowskl,  free¬ 
style  (1:12.51)  and  breaststroke  (1:40.71). 

GIRLS  —  Cassandra  Benjamin,  freestyle 
(1:14.15);  Amanda  Couture,  50  freestyle 
(32.00)  and  breaststroke  (1:33.57);  Andrea 
Donnelly,  freestyle  (1  ;24.43)  and  backstroke 
(1:47.63);  Melyssa  Looker,  backstroke 
(1:24.44)  and  butterfly  (1:28.23);  Amanda 
Medeiros,  50  freestyle  (32.31)  and  breast- 
slroke  (1:34.83). 

Donnelly-Medelros-Couture-Benjamin. 

200-yard  freestyle  relay  (2:14.83). 

15  -18-vear-old  division 

BOYS  —  Nick  Ratcllffe  swam  freestyle 
(56.57), 

GIRLS  — Cassandra  Alves,  breaststroke 
(1:29,02)  and  butterfly  (1:16.80);  Amy 
Astle,  50  freestyle  (33.01)  and  backstroke 
(1:31.50);  Nicole  Astle,  freestyle  (1:12,55) 
and  breaststroke  (1:24.80). 


Photos  by  DEL  FURTADO/  Fall  River  Spirit 

RUSS  HACKETT  (Wounded  Turtle),  George  Estes  (Thunder 
Trumpeter)  and  Tim  Smith  at  the  drum,  above. 


SHEALAN  LEBEAU,  6,  below,  of  the  Nehantic  Peaque  &  Da¬ 
kota,  does  the  Jingle  Dress  Dance. 

THE  AUDIENCE  was  impressed  with  the  dance  of  Lee 
“Brave  Heart"  Edmonds  of  the  Wampanoags. 


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Powwow  fir 

Tribal  dances,  a  candy  game  for  chil¬ 
dren,  and  booths  with  Native  American 
artifacts  for  sale  were  part  of  the  powwow 
held  at  the -Bovs  &  niric  rinh  ««  c0k  ok 


the  Children 


Fish  tale 

Tyler  Johnson,  7,  looks  over  the  Rainbow  Fish  during  the  after-school  homework  program  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

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HCL'CO  CV 

Local  Briefs 


Somerset's  Sabra  an  All  Star 

WINDSOR,  Conn.  —  Julianna  Sabra  of  Somerset  recently  played 
in  the  New  England  Prep  School  Womens  Basketball  Coaches 
Association  Class  C  and  D  All-Star  game  at  the  Loomis  Chafee 
School  in  Windsor,  Conn. 

A  junior  at  Providence  Country  Day,  Sabra  competed  against  and 
with  top  players  from  private  schools  throughout  New  England. 

A  starter  for  PCD  since  her  freshman  year,  Sabra  this  past  season 
served  as  a  co-captain  and  led  PCD  in  scoring  (16.3  points  per 
game),  rebounds,  steals  and  assists. 

A  varsity  soccer  and  lacrosse  player  as  well,  Sabra  was  one  of  two 
PCD  students  selected  for  a  Rhode  Island  student-athlete  leadership 
program. 


Boys  and  Girls  Club  Jr.  Foosball 

FALL  RIVER  —  Byron  Garcia  and  Justin  Moniz  earned  first 
place  with  16  points  each  in  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Club  Junior 
Foosball. 

They  were  followed  by  Brittany  Benjamin,  Chad  Guilmette,  Eva 
Moniz,  Alexandra  Morgan  and  Jaleisha  Williams. 


Loca^Iriefs 


Greater  Fall  River  baseball 

FALL  RIVER  -  Registrations 
for  The  newly  formed  Greater 
Fall  River  Baseball  League  will 
be  held  Friday  from  6:30  to  8:30 
p.m.  and  Saturday  from  10  a.m. 
to  noon  at  Citizens  for  Citizens, 
264  Griffin  St. 

The  league  is  for  players 
ages  13-19  years  old  and  will 
play  inter-league  games  with 
AAU  affiliated  teams  and  be  in 
tournaments  with  East  Coast 
Tournament  Baseball. 

Also,  registrations  will  be 
held  for  the  Junior  American 
Legion  team. 

This  team  is  for  younger 
players  13-16  years  old,  to  pre¬ 
pare  players  for  Senior  Legion 
baseball  in  the  future. 

For  more  information,  con¬ 
tact  Norm  Yelle  774  488  2413  or 
Jude  Morrow  508-  493-5590. 


to  River  City  Baseball  Camp,  210 
Ward  St.,  Fall  River,  MA,  02720. 

For  more  information,  call 
508-679-8798  or  508-678-7441.. 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  winners 

FALL  RIVER  -  Trey  DePina" 
and  Davon  Gonsalves  took  first 
place  with  18  points  in  a  recently 
held  Cadet  Powerbowl  competi¬ 
tion  at  the  Chew  Boys  8c  Girls 
Club. 

Jacob  Carpenter,  Elijah 
Coleman,  Tyriq  DcPina,  Brandon 
Fredrick,  Devanta  Pacheco 
and  Isiah  Pacheco  all  scored  10 
points. 

In  ping-pongaction,  Abraham 
Sabeh  took  first  place  with  12 
points  while  Louis  Coreiro, 
Steven  Correia  and  Jaden  Quintal 
finished  with  eight  points. 

Shannon  Dupris  and  Marcos 
Pereira  each  scored  four  points. 


Local  Briefs 

iwi  Baseball  registration,  tryouts  today 

ALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall  River  Junior  Twilight  Baseball  League 
will  be  holding  final  registration  and  tryouts  today  at  Lafayette  Park 
at  11:45  a.m. 

Players  must  be  15  years  of  age  prior  to  August  1  to  be  eligible. 
There  is  no  registration  fee,  but  all  new  players  must  show  proof  of 
their  age.  .,  4  _ 

For  more  information,  please  contact  league  president  George 
“Sneaker”  McDonald  at  508-678-0349. 

Players  needed  for  softball  league 

FALL  RTVER  —  A  local  team  is  looking  for  a  few  players  to  join 
a  men’s  slowpitch  softball  league  team  which  will  be  playing  double- 
headers  Sunday  mornings. 

Please  contact  John  Powers  at  508-822-4770  for  more  informa¬ 
tion. 

SIBL  meeting  slated  for  Tuesday 

SWANSEA  -  The  Swansea  Independent  Baseball  League  will  hold 
|  its  next  meeting  Tuesday  at  7  p.m.  at  the  Nike  Site  Playing  Complex 
located  on  Nike  Site  Road  (off  Sharps  Lot  Road  )  in  Swansea. 

SIBL  will  also  hold  a  league  meeting  on  Tuesday,  April  24,  starting 
at  8  p.m.  (also  at  the  Nike  Site  Playing  Complex). 

SIBL  will  host  its  annual  Opening  Day  festivities  Saturday,  April 
|  21,  commencing  at  9  a.m.  at  the  Nike  Site  Playing  Complex. 

All  questions  concerning  the  SIBL  should  be  directed  to  league 
president  Ken  Garcia  at  508-675-3213.  Further  information  about 
the  league  is  available  by  accessing  its  Web  site  at  www.sibl.net. 

Gockey  winners 

FALL  RIVER  —  Alex  Benjamin  won  the  junior  division  of  a 
gockey  tournament  held  recently  at  the  Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 

Stan  Kay  captured  the  intermediate  division. 

Also  scoring  were  Christopher  Anctil,  Brittny  Benjamin,  Andrew 
Braga,  Robert  Tuilmette,  Alexandria  Morgan  and  Dwayne  Rucker. 

Swansea  Girls  Softball  tryouts 

SWANSEA  —  The  Swansea  Girls  Softball  League  will  hold  a 
tryout  on  Saturday,  April  14  at  the  Hoyle  School  Softball  Complex. 

Players  ages  8-10  will  tryout  at  1  p.m.  and  girls  11-13  at  2:30 
p.m.  ' 

Players  who  have  registered  for  the  16-under  division  that  starts 
in  mid-May  and  the  instructional  division  do  not  have  to  try  out. 

The  rain  date  for  the  tryouts  is  Sunday,  April  15  at  the  same 
times. 

For  further  information  or  to  register,  contact  Donald  DiBiasio 
at  774-930-5112. 


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Club  Tuesday.  Club  administrators  are  hoping  to  pay  off  the  construction  debt  for  the  Youth  Building  through  fund  raising.  An 
anonymous  foundation  has  promised  $250,000  on  the  condition  that  the  club  raise  $  1 50,000  on  its  own.  Below,  a  qroup  of  youths 
takes  advantage  of  the  club's  basketball  court. 

Building  opportunity 


Challenge  donation  gives 
Boys  and  Girls  Club 
something  to  shoot  for 

Deborah  Allard 

Himid  News  Star  Riromtu 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  is  hoping  to  be  free  of  its 
$400,000  construction  debt  by 
December,  thanks  to  a  challenge 
donation  of  $250,000  from  an 
anonymous  Boston-area  founda¬ 
tion. 

All  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  has 
to  do  is  raise  $150,000  on  its  own 
by  Dec.  1. 

This  would  conclude  the  club’s 
3  5  •  million  Next  Generation 

mpaign  that  constructed  the 


new  Youth  Building,  dedicated 
in  November  2006.  The  Youth 
Building  houses  the  Rodgers  Teen 
Center  and  the  Earle  P.  Charlton 
Library,  both  of  which  offer  new 
programs  to  area  youths. 

“It’s  great.  It’s  a  kid  magnet,”  said 
Peter  McCarthy,  the  club’s  execu¬ 
tive  director.  “There’s  a  number  of 
small  programs  we  now  have  the 
room  to  do.” 

New  programs  offered  include 
homework  and  tutoring  assistance, 
gang  prevention,  substance  and 
violence  prevention,  Internet  safety 
and  setting  career  goals. 

The  state-of-the-art  Kids  Cafe 
kitchen  feeds  some  225  kids,  five 
days  a  week,  with  the  help  of  the 
Boston  Food  Bank. 

Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  A5 


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United  Way 
celebrates 
60  years 
of  charity 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  United 
Way  of  Greater  Fall  River  hosted 
its  60th  annual  meeting  and 
awards  dinner  recendy  at  White’s 
of  Westport  The  dinner’s  theme 
was  “A  Star  Studded  Tribute:  60 
Years  and  Counting”  in  honor  of 
the  United  Way’s  milestone  anni¬ 
versary. 

Special  recognition  was  given 
to  two  long-time  volunteers.  The 
Rev.  Dr.  Robert  Lawrence  was  pre¬ 
sented  with  the  Timothy  J.  Cotter 
Community  Service  Award  for 
his  philanthropy,  volunteerism 
and  overall  commitment  to  the 
Greater  Fall  River  community. 
The  Thomas  F.  Cooney  Memorial 
Award  recipient,  William  A. 
Carroll,  was  also  honored  for  out¬ 
standing  leadership  and  service  as 
a  campaign  volunteer. 

BankFive  was  recognized  as  the 
most  giving  company  in  the  2006 
campaign.  Combined  contribu¬ 
tions  generated  $73,079  toward 
the  campaign,  with  an  employee 
giving  total  of  $45,579  and  a  cor¬ 
porate  gift  of  $27,500. 

Mary  Lynn  Lenz,  the  United 
Way’s  2006  campaign  chair, 
thanked  community  supporters 
and  spoke  briefly  about  the  year’s 
triumphs  and  challenges.  She 
noted  that,  despite  the  difficult 

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Gameroom  frenzy 

FALL  RTVER  —  During 
National  Boys  and  Girls  Club  week 
at  the  Fall  River  Club,  a  gameroom 
frenzy  was  held  :  ently.  ;. 

Anice  Gomes  was  the  winner  in 
the  Cadets  Division  and  Elizeah 
Rodriguez  was  the  runner-up.  In 
the  Junior  Division,  Janessa 
Camara  was  the  winner  while 
Keith  Omosefunmi  was  second. 


Submitted  photo 

United  Way  Executive  Director  Bob  Horne,  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  Lawrence,  recipient  of  the  Timothy  J.  Cotter  Community  Service 
Award,  and  United  Way  Board  Chair  Jason  M.  Rua. 


River  community  worked  hard  to 
help  support  the  United  Way’s  36 
health  and  human  service  agen¬ 
cies  during  the  2006  campaign. 
“I  am  pleased  to  report  that  we 
raised  $1.8  million,”  said  Lenz. 

Other  awards  included  the 
Agencyof  the  Year  Award,  presented 
to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club.  BankFive 
and  Citizens- Union  Savings  Bank 
shared  this  year’s  Lantern  Society 
Leadership  Award.  The  award 
for  highest  corporate  giving  per 


capita  went  to  HUB  International 
Feitelberg  Insurance.  Both  White’s 
of  Westport  and  Stop  &  Shop 
were  recognized  for  outstanding 
giving  by  young  people.  This  year’s 
Outstanding  Media  Award  was 
presented  to  Chuck  Gregory  and 
the  Southcoast  Tribune.  Fall  River 
Florist  Supply  was  also  acknowl¬ 
edged  for  its  long-term  support  of 
the  United  Way. 

Diane  Palmer  of  Saint  Anne’s 
Hospital  and  Kate  Hancock  of 
Slade’s  Ferry  Bank  were  each 


honored  with  a  Campaign 
Coordinator  of  the  Year  Award. 
The  Tiverton  School  Department 
received  the  Outstanding  Giving 
by  Education  Award.  Thomas  F. 
Lyons  of  BankFive  was  presented 
with  the  Lantern  Society  Chair 
Award,  and  Bank  of  America 
received  the  Support  by  a  National/ 
Regional  Company  Award.  The 
Pierce  Foundation  and  the  Robert 
F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Charitable 
Foundation  were  also  recognized 
for  their  long-term  support 


Club:  Anonymous  group 
offers  challenge  donation 


From  Page  A1 

McCarthy  said  paying  off  the  debt  in  several 
months,  instead  of  over  the  next  four  years,  will 
leave  more  money  for  programs. 

“The  interest  is  killing  us,”  McCarthy  said. 

Though  he  couldn’t  reveal  the  name  of  the 
anonymous  donor,  he  said  the  grant  was  from 
a  foundation  and  that  “they  realized  the  need  to 
finish  this  thing." 

McCarthy  said  he's  “praying”  that  the  club 
will  raise  the  $150,000  it  needs  to  collect  the 
$250,000  donation  by  December. 

The  club  is  already  planning  a  “burn  the 
mortgage”  party  to  be  held  late  this  year. 

“This  will  be  a  really  big  celebration 
because  this  will  be  a  big  accomplishment  for 
us,"  McCarthy  said.  “All  you  have  to  do  is  walk 
into  the  club  at  4  o’clock  and  see  400  kids 
learning  and  playing,  and  you  know  they  are 
much  happier  in  this  larger,  safer  and  more 
nuturing  environment.” 

John  J.  Feitelberg,  chairman  of  the  club’s 
board  of  directors,  said  the  board  was  hon¬ 


ored  to  have  been  awarded  the  challenge. 

"We  can  raise  the  $150,000  with  the  help 
from  people  and  companies  in  our  com¬ 
munity  that  know  our  work  and  see  the 
level  of  activity  in  our  new  Youth  Building,” 
Feitelberg  said. 

The  Youth  Building  is  the  result  of  a 
$1  million  leadership  gift  from  the  Robert 
F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Charitable  Foundation, 
and  is  named  for  its  sponsor. 

“For  the  children  who  come  to  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  and  the  people  who  work  day 
after  day  with  them,  that  is  what  we  are  here 
for,”  said  Stoico,  chairman  and  founder  of  the 
Stoico  Foundation  and  a  longtime  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  board  member. 

“We  are  proud  to  be  associated  in  such  a 
significant  way  with  the  club,”  Stoico  said. 
“This  is  a  happy  day.” 

Those  interested  in  making  a  contribution 
to  the  $150,000  challenge  can  contact  the  club 
at  508-672-6340. 


E-mail  Deborah  Allard  at  dallard@heraldnews.Com. 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradley 

Amca  Gomes,  9,  gets  a  hand  from  a  volunteers  in  the  E.P.  "Chuck"  Charlton  Library  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girl‘ Club Tuesday.  {\QCA\Q>  L CCl 


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Child  care  event  to 
be  held  Thursday 


Herald  News  Staff 

FALL  RIVER  —  Local  child 
care  providers  will  put  on  their 
18th  annual  Child  Care  in  Fall 
River  event,  to  be  held  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  Thursday  from  6 
to  8  p.m. 

Parents  can  learn  what  types 
of  child  care  services  are  avail¬ 
able  in  the  city,  and  their  chil¬ 
dren  can  have  some  fun  with  lots 
of  kid-friendly  activities. 

The  event  is  in  celebration 
of  Week  of  the  Young  Child, 
a  national  move  to  recognize 
the  needs  of  children  and  the 
importance  of  their  early  years. 

“Early  learning  experiences 
are  crucial  to  the  growth  and 
developmert  of  children,”  said 
Eloise  Carrier,  co-chairwoman 
of  Child  Care  in  Fall  River. 
“Week  of  the  Young  Child  pro¬ 
vides  opportunities  for  all  of 
us  to  recognize  the  importance 


of  the  early  years,  and  to  work 
together  to  build'better  futures  J 
for  all  children.” 

The  event  is  being  spon-, 
sored  by  Fall  River  Child  Care  * 
Providers,  a  group  of  local  care-  | 
givers,  agencies  and  affiliates,  j 
and  PACE  Child  Care  Works  pf  I 
New  Bedford. 

Carrier  said  about  500  people ' 
visit  the  annual  event,  and  it's  an 
important  resource  for  “anyone 
interested  in  finding  out  more 
about  what  child  care  is  avail¬ 
able.” 

Carrier  said  there’s  an  abun¬ 
dance  of  “affordable  and  quality” 
child  care  agencies  in  the  city, 
many  of  which  will  be  at  the 
event  to  meet  with  parents  and 
children. 

Each  agency  will  have  a  booth 
set  up  with  informational  mate¬ 
rials.  The  public  is  invited  to 
Child  Care  in  Fall  River,  and  the 
event  is  free.  Refreshments  will  j 
be  served. 


Sumritted  photo 

Slades  Assists 

Slades  Bank  has  donated  $10,000  to  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  to 
underwrite  the  cost  of  its  new  tutoring  center.  The  center  provides  children 
with  homework  assistance,  academic  programming  and  a  quiet,  supportive 
environment  in  which  to  study,  six  days  a  week.  Slades  Bank  is  supporting  the 
tutoring  center  through  its  Targeting  Education  and  Children  initiative,  which 
supports  programs  and  capital  expenses  that  enhance  educational  opportunities 
for  Southcoast  children.  From  left  to  right  are  Slades  Bank  SVP/DIrector  of  Retail  i 
Banking  Dennis  Wyatt,  student  Bobby  Gonzalez  and  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Executive  Director  Peter  McCarthy.  t 


Family 


Boys  and  Girls  Club  offers 
food,  contests,  prizes 


Fun 


GATHERING  FOR  A  GROUP 
PHOTO,  left,  were  the  children 
who  were  awarded  prizes  for  their 
paintings  of  their  family  doing  an 
activity  together. 


MARIA  OCASIO,  above  left,  was 
happy  to  meet  the  2006  Miss  Mas¬ 
sachusetts  Winner  who  made  a 
special  appearance  at  the  Family 
Fun  Day  activities  and  sang  for  the 
audience. 


Photos  by  DEL  FURTADO/  Fall  River  Spirit 


A  Family  Fun  Day  was  enjoyed  by  many  visitors 
to  the  Boys’  and  Girls’  Club  on  Saturday,  April  29. 
Free  refreshments,  activities  and  food  were  avail¬ 
able  and  special  award  prizes  were  presented  to 
the  winners  of  the  Art  Contest. 


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All  in  a  day’s  work 

Volunteers  pitch  in  for  a  new 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  playground 


Herald  IUews  Photo  |  Jack  Folev 

Jenna  Fernandes,  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club's  2008  Youth  of  the  Year,  shows  off  her  trophy  with  her  parents,  Brenda  and  Kevin  Fernandes. 

Awards  all  around 

Chew  Boys  &  Girls  Club  honors  youngsters  for  getting  involved 

Herald  News  Staff  gymnasium  and  athletics  to  the  and  evolved  into  an  everyday  club  Fernandes  also  is  a  junior  advis 


Herald  News  Staff 

aenna  Fernandes,  a  B.M.C. 
Durfee  High  School  senior, 
was  honored  as  the  2008 
p.  h  Youth  of  the  Year  at  the 
\i±S  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club’s  annual  awards 
banquet  on  a  recent  Saturday. 

Nearly  300  youngsters  and  their 
family  members  were  on  hand  for 
the  event  in  which  more  than  170 
others  received  awards. 

“This  culminates  our  year-long 
program  of  events  in  which  we 
recognize  everyone  from  the  pool, 


gymnasium  and  athletics  to  the 
computer  room  and  homework 
room,”  said  Executive  Director 
Peter  McCarthy. 

“It  used  to  be  we 
recognized  athletics 
only.  But  we’re  so 
much  more  than 
that  now.” 

He  said  the  — P« - m 

annual  banquet  has 

“turned  into  a  truly  building-wide 

recognition  day.” 

Fernandes,  17,  of  Fall  River,  has 
been  a  club  member  for  seven  years. 

"She  started  out  as  a  camp  kid 


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Award  winners  listed. 


and  evolved  into  an  everyday  club 
kid,”  McCarthy  told  the  gathering. 

Fernandes  is  vice  president  of 
the  Keystone  Club, 
which  is  a  leader¬ 
ship  group  for  the 
younger  club  mem¬ 
bers. 

"They’re  the 
5  future  leaders  of 

the  city,  all-around 
good  role  models  for  the  younger 
kids  here,”  McCarthy  said. 

“It’s  all  geared  to  help  our  kids 
succeed  in  life  and  be  better  citi¬ 
zens,”  he  explained. 


Fernandes  also  is  a  junior  adviser 
for  the  Torch  Club  and  assists  with 
the  Start  Smart  program  for  the 
younger  members. 

She  has  85  volunteer  hours 
and  is  “one  of  the  most  dedi¬ 
cated  teenagers  at  our  club,” 
McCarthy  added.  She  is  a  two- 
year  member  of  the  National 
Honor  Society,  a  volunteer  tutor 
for  elementary  school  students 
and  dedicates  much  time  to  her 
church.  She  will  attend  Roger 
Williams  University  in  the  fall  to 
study  child  psychology. 

Turn  to  AWARDS,  Page  D2 


Deborah  Allard 

Htwio  News  Staff  Reporter 

They  hauled  and  hammered,  and  dug  and 
planted,  and  before  the  end  of  the  day  on 
Tuesday,  a  new  playground  had  been  erected 
at  Fall  River’s  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club. 

About  200  volunteers  from 
businesses,  nonprofit  organiza¬ 
tions  and  agencies  came  out  to 
A  take  a  plot  of  dirt  and  turn  it 
,into  an  outside  playland,  com¬ 
plete  with  monkey  bars  and  a  rock  climbing  wall. 
Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Boys 
\d  Girls  Club,  said  the  new  playground  is  a  first 


For  more  photos 
from  the  event, 
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thbove,  A  full-scale  playground  was  erected  by  volunteers  from  Ka-boom.com, 
nakllegran  Pharmacueticals,  Ulti  Play  Park  and  Playgrounds  and  other  agencies 
rob  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club.  Right,  Melissa  Tavares,  Boys  &  Girls  Club  program 


director,  attaches  a  bubble  window  to  a  playground  set. 


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Pessoa-Cabral,  Elizabeth  Rose, 
Mikayla  Seney,  Tim  Sousa, 

Scott  Stevens. 

Bobby  Bonalewicz,  Alexis 
Carpenter,  Aaron- Dern,  Sakai 
Howard,  Zachary  Krauzyk, 
Amanda  Medeiros,  Sarah 
Medeiros,  Joshua  Moniz,  Jesse 
Morris,  Tiylah  Paiva,  Hunter 
Reis,  Amanda  Seay,  Josh  Sousa, 
Victoria  St.  Louis  and  Hayden 
Tavares. 

Games  room  winners  were 
Alex  Tavarez,  Eddie  Feliciano, 
Mason  DeForge,  Sabas  Lopez, 
Zachary  Souza,  Abraham-Sabeh, 
^  Jorge  Pizarro,  Omar  Rojas, 

I  Adam  Ruth,  Tiylah  Paiva, 

Jorge  Pizarro,  Robinson  Mena, 
Yamilex  Colon,  Devyn  Barbosa, 
Chris  Anctil,  Dylan  Briand  and 
Catrina  Faioes. 

Gymnasium  program  win¬ 
ners  were  Kenzie  Pavao  and 
Jake  Williams,  sportsmanship; 
Catrina  Faioes,  Leara  Hunt, 
Brie-anne  Lavoie,  Magette 
Thoure,  Shannon  Dupras, 

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for  the  club,  and  will  be  used 
.  by  kids  from  ages  5  to  12. 

About  45  children  can  play 
there  at  any  one  time. 

“I  don’t  know  what  feels 
best,  having  a  safe  playground 
for  the  kids  or  seeing  (the  vol¬ 
unteers)  take  an  interest  in  the 
community,”  McCarthy  said. 

Those  who  took  the  time  to 
volunteer  came  from  St.  Anne’s 
Credit  Union,  BankFive,  Coca 
Cola,  Mullen  Bros.,  Jillian’s, 

Dominion  Energy,  Family  Service 
Association,  Feitelberg  Insurance, 

Dick  s  Sporting  Goods,  Shawmut 
Metal,  David’s  Fish  Market  and 
Venus  de  Milo  Restaurant  to  name 
a  few.  Dunkin’  Donuts  and  the 
Ninety  Nine  Restaurant  provided 
refreshments  for  the  workers. 

“I  came  here  as  a  kid,”  said 
volunteer  Kelvin  Ortiz,  who  works 
for  Fall  River  Outreach,  a  youth 
program  in  the  city.  He  said  he 
felt  it  would  be  a  good  idea  to 
give  back  to  club.  His  job  was  to 
oversee  the  building  of  stadium 
seating. 

Debbie  Almeida,  a  volunteer 
and  a  victim/witness  advocate  for 
the  Bristol  County  district  attor¬ 
ney’s  office,  also  went  to  the  club 
when  she  was  a  child. 

“I  love  helping  out  in  the  com¬ 
munity,”  Almeida  said. 

The  $50,000  playground 
project  was  paid  for  by  two  major 
grants.  One  was  a  capital  donation 
from  Ronald  McDonald  House 
Charities,  and  the  second  was  from 
KaBOOM,  a  national  nonprofit 


Janelle  Camara,  Janessa 
Camara,  Brittini  Correia, 

Jake  Williams,  Roberto 
Aponte,  Daniel  Aguiar,  Davon 
Gonsalves,  Trey  Morris,  Meera 
Sabeh,  Elvis  Rodriques.  Cory 
Marques,  Tavon  Pires,  Isaiah 
Toure  and  Devyn  Souza. 

Maggie  Toure,  Breanna 
Rivera,  Learra  Hunt,  Justine 
Albernaz,  Andrea  Maduro, 
Imalay  Morales,  Asia  Costa, 
Alex  Pavao,  Chandary  Cham, 
Brianne  Lavoie,  Devinie  Alves. 

Dwane  Rucker,  Andrew 
Medeiros,  Jake  Williams,  Luis 
Ortiz,  Ethan  Bento,  Daniel 
Frazier,  Tiylah  Paiva. 

Curtis  Cobb,  Edson  Dusey, 
Josh  Santos,  Matt  Mousamih, 
D.J.  Bishop,  Cassie  Benjamin, 
Kevin  Fragozza,  Ben  Feitelberg 
and  Jamal  Williams. 

High  school  program  win¬ 
ners  were  Keith  Omosefunmi 
and  Jonathan  Soto,  sportsman¬ 
ship;  Sonny  Mello,  Doug  Souza, 
Jeff  Perez,  Marcio  Santos, 


Povick  Centio,  Ricky  Tavares. 

Mike  Rivera,  Andra  Reid, 
Nelson  Pires,  Rakeem  Tavares, 
Toni  Fenn,  Alex  Pena,  Alex 
Cunningham,  Ricky  Landis, 
Scott  Coply  and  Kevin  Garcia. 

Keystone  Club  members  . 
recognized  were  Mimi  Lanivee 
and  Melissa  Tavares,  advisers; 
President  Amanda  Medeiros, 
Vice  President  Jenna  Fernandes, 
Secretary  Brittany  Hallums  and 
Treasurer  Chante  Hallums, 
Megan  Bouchard,  Danny  Cotto, 
Alexis  Cunningham,  Evangaline 
Edwards,  Katie  Grinnell,  J’Keya 
Lynch,  Joshua  Monz,  Jordan 
Moniz,  Jaden  Nunes. 

Kelsie  Pacheco,  Ja’Von 
Pemperton,  Dylan  Ramos, 
Vanessa  Reis,  Anda  Reid, 

Marcio  Santos,  Cayla  Silvia, 
Tiana  Stone,  Khady  Toure, 
Kendra  Valente,  Jene  Valente,  . 
Cody  Victoria  and  Tyler  ! 
Whitehead. 

The  Outstanding  Keystone 
Award  went  to  Cody  Victoria. 


organization  that  has  built  about 
1,000  playgrounds  in  the  United 
States. 

"Our  vision  is  for  us  to  build  a 
playground  within  walking  dis¬ 
tance  of  every  child  in  America,”  ? 
said  Nate  Rosenthal,  playground 
coordinator  for  Washington-based 
KaBOOM. 

“So  far,  this  community  has 
been  one  of  the  best  partner¬ 
ships  I’ve  seen,'’  Rosenthal  said. 
"Everybody’s  been  so  excited." 

Allergan,  a  pharmaceutical 
company  based  in  Irvine,  Calif., 
sponsored  the  project  through 


News  Photos  |  Omar  Bradley 

to  a  group  of  volunteers  working 


KaBOOM. 

Allergan  sent  about  100  vol¬ 
unteers  to  work  on  erecting  the 
playground.  The  company  is  also 
doing  business  in  Boston  this 
week,  so  the  project  fit.  according 
to  Joe  Schreck,  Allergan’s  director 
of  training  and  communications. 

“Wc  wanted  everyone  to  par¬ 
ticipate  on  this,”  Schreck  said. 
“You’ve  got  to  give  back  to  the 
community.  It’s  good  business 
sense,” 

Allergan,  later  this  week,  will 
help  build  another  playground 
with  KaBOOM  in  New  Orleans. 


The  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  playground  will  mark 
the  end  of  construction  at 
the  Bedford  Street  facility. 

It  has  undergone  a 
$3.5  million  face  lift, 
including  the  construc¬ 
tion  of  the  new  Youth 
Building,  which  houses 
the  Rodgers  Teen  Center 
and  Earle  P.  Charlton 
Library.  It  was  dedicated 
in  November.  | 

E-maii  Deborah  Allard  at 
DAILARD@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


Herald  News  Photos  |  Dave  Souza 

A  page  from  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  mortgage  is  tossed  on  the  fire  at  the  club  Tuesday.  Donors,  staff  and  youths  who  attend  the  club 
were  on  hand  for  the  mortgage-burning  party  to  celebrate  the  paid-in-full  status  of  the  18,000-square-foot  addition  to  the  center. 


FREE  AM)  CLEAR 


Boys  and  Girls  Club  mortgage  goes  up  in  smoke 


Deborah  Allard 

HtMio  Mnw  Stlw  Riwrw 


FALL  RIVER  —  Ten 
years  after  a  capital  cam¬ 
paign  committee  was  formed 
to  expand  an  overcrowded 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  the 
project  is 
complete  and 
the  bills  tidily 
filed  away. 

On  Tues¬ 
day,  the  club 
hosted  a 
mortgage  - 
burning 
party  to  offi¬ 
cially  end  its 
$3.5  million 
campaign  that  resulted  in 
18.000  square  feet  of  addi¬ 
tional  space  for  city  youths. 

“It's  amazing."  said  Peter 
McCarthy,  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  executive  director. 
“1  thought  the  fun  part 
was  when  we  opened  this 


Kids  from  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  gather  around  the  fireplace  where 
the  building's  mortgage  is  burned. 


building,  and  now  being 
debt  free ..." 

McCarthy  said  some  400 
children  and  teens  enter 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
every  day  for  after-school 
programs,  play,  study  time, 
library  and  computer  use, 


dinner,  athletics  and.social- 
ization.  It  also  offers  gang 
prevention,  substance 
and  violence  prevention, 
Internet  safety  and  career 
goal  preparation. 

Turn  to  CHEW,  Pam  A5 


June  1998  —  The  Next  Genera¬ 
tion  Campaign  Committee  to  con¬ 
struct  an  expansion  of  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  on  Bedford  Street  is  formed. 

January  2000  —  The  club  pur¬ 
chases  the  former  Macaroni  Shop 
on  Bedford  Street  for  $275,000  to 
make  way  for  expansion  plans. 

March  2001  The  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
announces  its  Next  Generation  t 
Campaign  plans  for  a  $3.5  million 
expansion  and  renovation  of  its  34- 
year  old  Bedford  Street  facility. 

April  2002  —  Construction 
begins. 

November  2005  —  The  new 

Youth  Center  is  opened  with  a 
ceremonial  ribbon  cutting  and  is 
being  used  by  many  teens. 

November  2006  —  The  Robert 
F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Youth  Center 
that  houses  the  new  Rodgers  Teen 
Center  and  Earle  P.  Charlton  Library 
is  dedicated. 


Irene  Orlando 

Known  to  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
members  as  "Auntie  Irene”,  Irene 
Orlando  truly  exemplifies  selfless 
dedication  to  this  wonderful  organi¬ 
zation  for  over  25  years  as  well  as  sev¬ 
eral  other  organizations  where  she  has 
served  as  a  volunteer. 

Irene  Orlando  was  born  and  raised 
in  Fall  River.  Her  parents  were  both 
born  in  Sao  Miguel  and  Irene  was  one 
of  12  children  in  the  Correia  house¬ 
hold.  Although  she  attended  high 
school,  she  left  school  at  the  age  of  16 
to  work  at  Louis  Hand  Manufactur¬ 
ing.  She  eventually  attended  night 
school  until  she  received  her  diploma 
from  Durfee  High  School  at  the  age 
of  27.  With  degree  in  hand,  she  asked 
for  an  office  administration  job  at  the 
mill  and  was  given  a  promotion  - 
proving  that  a  diploma  can  get  you  a 
better  job.  Her  career  at  Louis  Hand, 
now  CHF  Industries,  lasted  40  years 
-  the  last  eight  of  which  were  as  Safe¬ 
ty  Director. 

Ms.  Orlando  joined  the  Board  of  i 
Directors  of  the  Thomas  Chew  I 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  ’ 
River  in  1981.  She  has  served  as  Sec¬ 
retary  of  the  Board  since  1996, 
Served  as  Vice  Chair  of  the  Board 
from  2001  to  2008  and  currently 
serves  as  Chairperson  of  the  Board  of 
Directors.  Along  the  way,  In  addition 
to  her  12  years  of  service  on  the  Exec¬ 
utive  Committee,  Ms.  Orlando  has 
made  time  to  serve  on  the  Building, 
Camp,  Personnel  and  Bingo  Com¬ 
mittee  which  she  chaired. 

In  addition  to  her  service  to  the  Fall 
River  Club,  Irene  is  Past  Chairperson 
of  Southeastern  Area  Council  and 
currently  serves  as  the  Vice  Chairper¬ 
son  of  Massachusetts  Area  Council  of 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Clubs  of'America. 

In  her  “spare  time”  Irene  Orlando 
has  served  as  a  Eucharistic  minister 
and  member  of  the  parish  council  of 
Our  Lady  of  the  Holy  Rosary  Parish. 
This  work  has  included  service  as  a 


CCD  teacher  for  14  years  and  out¬ 
reach  to  senior  housing  to  adminis¬ 
ter  the  Eucharist.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  St.  Vincent  DePaul  Society,  the 
Small  School  Oversight  Committee 
and  has  helped  coordinate  and  serve 
holiday  meals  to  the  poor  for  many 
years. 

Irene  and  her  husband  of  50  years, 
Fred,  continue  to  live  in  Fall  River. 
They  have  one  son,  Steve,  and  a 
granddaughter  named  Debbie  who 
is  in  her  third  year  of  college. 


Irene  Orlando 


Chew: 

Mortgage 
payments 
in  the  past 

From  Page  A1 

"We’ve  expanded  our  pro¬ 
grams,”  McCarthy  said.  “Now, 
we’ve  got  to  maintain  it." 

Although  it  was  raining  pretty 
heavy  at  the  time,  everyone 
moved  outside  to  the  basket¬ 
ball  court  to  see  the  mortgage 
paperwork  burned.  Donors, 
friends  and  some  of  the  older 
children  helped  by  dropping  the 
papers  into  the  fire.  Afterward,  a 
reception  followed  with  refresh¬ 
ments. 

The  many  benefactors  who 
donated  funding  to  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  were  offered  thanks 
for  their  contribution  to  this 
city’ s  children. 

The  largest  supporter  of  the 
campaign  was  Robert  F.  Stoico 
of  the  FIRSTFED  Charitable 
Foundation.  He  traveled  from 
his  home  in  Florida  to  be  there 
for  the  mortgage-burning  party. 

“It’s  going  to  help  so  many 
children  in  the  community,” 
Stoico  said.  "It’s  incredible  what 
they’ve  done.” 

Stoico’s  donation  was  rec¬ 
ognized  in  perpetuity  with  the 
naming  of  the  Robert  F.  Stoico/ 
FIRSTFED  Youth  Building. 

Other  large  donations  of 
$300,000  or  more  were  given  by 
the  Ida  S.  Charlton  Charity  Fund, 
the  Rodgers  Family  Foundation 
and  another  was  given  anony¬ 
mously. 

For  those  benefactors  were 
named  the  Rodgers  Teen  Center 
and  the  Earle  P.  “Chuch” 
Charlton  II  Library. 

Looking  around  the  Youth 
Building,  dedicated  in  November 
of  2005,  Earle  P.  “Chuck" 
Charlton  II  said:  “I’m  very  proud 
of  it.  I’ve  been  to  Boys  and  Girls 
clubs  all  over  the  country,  and 
nothing  compares  to  this. 

“It’s  very  important  to  a  city 
like  Fall  River,”  said  Charlton. 

His  grandfather  was  Earle 
Perry  Charlton,  known  for  his 
Woolworth’s  stores. 

The  Charlton  Charitable 
Trust  was  started  in  1926.  It  gave 
a  $200  donation  to  the  Boys  Club 
that  same  year. 

The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  Club  was  first  built  on  Third 
Street  in  1897.  A  local  clergyman, 
Thomas  Chew,  got  the  project  off 
the  ground.  The  club  welcomed 
children  from  all  socioeconomic 
and  religious  backgrounds. 

In  1967,  the  downtown  facility 
was  demolished,  and  the  existing 
building  was  built  on  Bedford 
Street. 


Room  for  a  view 

Kaitlyn  Rodriguez,  9,  Tavon  Pires,  9,  and  Kassandra  Sweatt,  1 T,  peer  through  a  bubble  window  on  the  jungle  gym 
set  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 


B&G  Club 
to  $150K  goal 

FALL  RIVER  —  The 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  has  raised 
$75,000  in  just  eight  weeks. 
That  s  half  of  the  funding 
needed  to  receive  a  $250,000 
challenge  grant  from  an 
anonymous  Boston  donor 
to  conclude  its  $3.5  million 
Next  Generation  Campaign. 

"We  are  thrilled  with  the 
response  thus  far  from  so 
many  Fall  River  families  and 
businesses.  At  such  a  critical 
time,  people  know  that  the 
Club  needs  their  support 
and  they  have  responded 
generouiiy,”  said  John  J. 
Feitelberg,  chairman  of  the 
club’s  board  of  directors. 

James  Karam,  president 
of  First  Bristol  Corp.,  was 
the  first  to  make  a  contribu¬ 
tion  toward  the  challenge. 

He  donated  $10,000.  Since 
then,  many  individuals, 
businesses  and  foundations 
have  become  permanent 
stakeholders  in  the  Club’s 
new  18,000  square  foot 
Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Youth  Building. 

“The  overall  perfor- 
(  mance  of  the  club  in  pro¬ 
viding  children  with  an 
[  environment  for  fitness 
of  mind  and  body  is  great 
for  the  youth  of  our  city,” 
Karam  said.  "The  many 
hours  of  volunteer  service 
that  the  board  has  put  into 
this  effort  is  a  great  reason 
to  support  the  club  when  it 
needs  it  most.” 

In  late  March,  the  club 
was  issued  a  $250,000  chal¬ 
lenge  —  money  that  will 
only  become  available  if 
it  can  raise  an  additional 
$150,000  in  contributions. 

The  combined  $400,000  is 
needed  to  pay  off  the  final 
construction  loan  expenses  I 
I  on  the  three- story  building 
that  houses  the  Earle  P. 

“Chuck"  Charlton  Library 
and  the  Rodgers  Teen 
Center. 

“Burning  the  mortgage 
will  effectively  conclude 
our  capital  campaign  which 
will  allow  us  to  invest  our 

(funding  into  new  and 

expanding  programs,"  said 
th^  club’s  executive  director, 
Petej'McCarthy.  “Nearly 
$7,000  is  spent  on  debt  ser¬ 
vice  and  we  have  over  400 
i  ways  to  better  spend  this 
money.” 

Feitelberg  requests  that 
anyone  willing  to  making 
a  tax-deductible  contribu¬ 
tion  to  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  to  help  raise  the  final 
$75,000  contact  McCarthy 
at  508-672-6340.  Tours  of 
the  new  building  are  also 
being  scheduled  in  conjunc¬ 
tion  with  this  time-sensitive 
fundraising  drive. 

The  mission  of  the  club 
is  “to  inspire  and  enable  all 
young  people,  especially 
those  from  disadvantaged 
circumstances,  to  realize 
their  full  potential  as  pro¬ 
ductive,  responsible  and 
caring  citizens."  Added  to 
the  mission  statement  is 
our  core  belief  that  we  will 
provide  a  safe  place  to  learn 
and  grow,  ongoing  relation¬ 
ships  with  caring,  adult 
professionals,  life-enhancing 
programs  and  character 
development  experiences, 
and  hope  and  opportunity. 


Youth  Building 


Charlton 

Library 


Rodgers  Teen  Center 


Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Youth  Building 

5urn  the  Mortgage  Party! 

Concluding  our  Next  Generation  Campaign 
Tuesday,  May  20,  2008 


Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Fall  River,  Massachusetts 


“A  Positive  Place  for  Kids  ” 


The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  honored  by  these 
permanent  named  gifts  to  its  Next  Generation  Campaign 

Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Youth  Building 
Rodgers  Teen  Center 
Earle  P.  “Chuck”  Charlton  II  Library 
Charlton  Flagpole 

Waring-Sulhvan  Homes  of  Memorial  Tribute  Reception  Area 

BankFive  Atrium 

In  Memory  of  John  McSweeney 

Slade’s  Ferry  Bank  Junior  Games  Room 
Citizens  Bank  Foundation  Junior  Games  Room  Furnishings 
Charles  and  Maureen  Curtis  Community  Room 

Kenneth  R.  Rezendes  and  Family  Kitchen 

In  memory  of  Gladys  M.  Rezendes 

St.  Anne’s  Credit  Union  Teen  Center  Furnishings 

Dr.  John  E.  Delaney  Teen  Computer  Lab 

In  memory  of  Dr.  John  E.  Delany 

Joseph  P.  Hanify  Teen  Center  Director’s  Office 

In  memory  of  Joseph  P.  Hanify 

Zip  Freedman  Outdoor  Basketball  Court 
McDonald’s  Outdoor  Playground 


Thank  You  for  supporting  our  Next  Generation  Campaign! 


$1,000,000  or  more 

Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Charitable  Foundation 

$300,000  or  more 
Anonymous  Foundation 
Ida  S.  Charlton  Charity  Fund 
Rodgers  Family  Foundation 

$50,000  or  more 

Amelia  Peabody  Charitable  Fund 
BankFive 
Lightolier 

K.R.  Rezendes  &  Rezendes  Construction 
Slade's  Ferry  Bank 

$25,000  or  more 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Chang  &  China  Royal  Restaurant 
Citizens  Bank 

Citizens-Union  Savings  Bank 
Oliver  S.  &  Jennie  Donaldson  Charitable  Trust 
Ronald  MacDonald  House  Charities 
St.  Anne's  Credit  Union 

$20,000  or  more 

Agnes  M.  Lindsay  Trust 
Borden  &  Remington 
Compass  Bank/Sovereign  Bank 
John  Feitelberg  &  Feitelberg  Insurance  Company 
Jarabek  Foundation 

$15,000  or  more 

Fall  River  Gas 

Claire  Hanify  in  Memory  of  Joe  Hanify 
Waring-Sullivan  Affiliated  Family  Funeral  Homes 

$10,000  or  more 

Bank  of  Fall  River  Cashman  Construction 

Fall  River  Municipal  Credit  Union  Jocye  Goldweitz  in  Memory  of  Zip  Freedman 

Wendy  Joblon  in  Memory  of  Zip  Freedman  James  Karam 

Robert  &  Myra  Kraft  Foundation  Shaws  Foundation 

St.  Anthony  of  Padua  Bank  Venus  de  Milo 

$5,000  or  more 

Colonial  Beverage  Anthony  F .  Cordeiro 

Brad  Faxon/Billy  Andrade  Foundation  Joseph  Feitelberg 

Ronald  Ferris  First  Bristol  Corp. 

LAL  Construction  MacLean  Charitable  Foundation 

Francis  Macomber  Jay  Mercer 

Mullen  Jewelers  Thomas  St.  Pierre  &  Family  Homes  Construction 

Women’s  Club  of  Fall  River 


$2,500  or  more 


Bradford  Curtis  in  Memory  of 

Charles  and  Maureen  Curtis 
Robert  Karam 
Lea  Roy  Foundation 
Men's  Adult  Division 
Joan  Medeiros 
Manny  Papoula 

Ned  &  Andre  Power  with  the  Charles  Schwab 
St.  Michael's  Credit  Union 


John  F.  Dator  Insurance 

Gladding  Hearn  Shipbuilders 

Christian  Lafrance  and  Lafrance  Hospitality 

Jack  Ledwidge 

Mrs.  John  McSweeney 

Honorable  John  O'Neil 

PG&E  Dominion  Energy  Brayton  Point 

Steve  Plasski 


$1,000  or  more 


Anthony  Abraham 
George  Bedard 
Robert  Bogan 

Bristol  County  District  Attorney 

Patrick  Carney  Foundation 

Marion  Delaney  in  Memory  of  Dr.  Delaney 

Fall  River  Garden  Club 
Dr.  Richard  Fitton 
Florindo/Geotech  Construction 
John  Freeman 
James  Gibney 
Gray's  Office  Supply 

Grimshaw-Gudewicz  Charitable  Foundation 

Clean  Harbors 

Bruce  Hawes 

Karl  Hetzler 

Eric  Isadore 

Kevin  Kilroy 

Brad  Kirby 

Mayor  Edward  Lambert 

Stephen  Long 

B.J.  MacDonald 

Mass  Electric 

Peter  McCarthy 

Meyer,  Regan  &  Wilner 

Notre  Dame  Credit  Union 

Irene  Orlando 

Michael  Plasski 

James  Salvo 

Michael  Silva 

Silvia  Faria  Funeral  Homes 

Thomas  Tetreault 

Wal-Mart  Foundation 


Barnes  Tree  Service 
BFI  of  Fall  River 
Sarah  Brayton  Fund 
Dr.  Walter  Bronhard 
John  Ciullo 

Michael  &  Peter  Delaney  in  Memory  of 
Dr.  Delaney 
Kenneth  Fiola 
Fleet  Community  Bank 
Ford  Construction 
Hector  Gauthier 
Louis  Goncalo 
Roger  Green  less 
Paul  Gustafson 

Bill  Hathaway  in  Memory  of  John  McSweeney 

William  Hawkins 

Interstate  Equipment 

Paul  Kelly 

Dr.  Virginia  King 

Kusinitz  Insurance 

Mary  Leavenworth 

Long  Built  Homes 

Jack  Machado 

Pamela  McCarthy 

Senator  Joan  Menard 

Minnesota  Life  Insurance 

NSTAR  Foundation 

Pediatric  Associates 

James  Sabra 

Sam's  Club  Foundation 

Leonard  Silvia 

Staples  Foundation  for  Learning 
US  Generation 
Betty  Welch 


THANK  YOU! 


To  another  500  Donors  who  also  made  contributions  to  the  Club's  Next  Generation  Campaign! 


The  Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED  Youth  Building 

Burn  the  Mortgage  Party! 


May  20,  2008  Program 


4:00  Welcome  by  our  Keystoners 

Waring-Sullivan  Homes  of  Memorial  Tribute  Reception  Area 

Gathering  of  Donors,  Board  Members,  Staff  and  Friends 

Rodgers  Teen  Center 

Speaking  Program 

Rodgers  Teen  Center 

John  J.  Feitelberg.  Past  Chairman,  Board  of  Directors 
E.P.  “Chuck”  Charlton,  II 
Robert  F.  Stocio 

Peter  McCarthy,  Executive  Director 
Liz  Rumanno,  Prevention  Specialist 

Jenna  Fernandes,  Keystone  Club  President  and  Youth  of  the  Year 


Peter  McCarthy 

5:45  Patrons  escorted  to  the  Zip  Freedman  Outdoor  Basketball  Court 

Burn  the  Mortgage 

6:00  Reception  in  the  Rodgers  Teen  Center  by  Lafrance  Hospitality 

Tours  of  the  Earle  P.  Charlton  Library  and  all  new  dedicated  spaces 
We’ve  reached  our  goal  and  we’ve  closed  our  Next  Generation  campaign! 


Thank  You! 


BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 

OF  FALL  RIVER 

Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club 
803  Bedford  Street 
P.O.  Box  5155 
Fall  River,  MA  02723 
Tel  508-672-6340 
Fax  508-679-3080 
www.fallriverbQC.orq 


Officers 

John  Feitelberg 

Chairman 

Irene  Orlando 

1“  Vice  Chairman 

William  Hawkins,  Jr. 

2"J  Vice  Chairman 
Joan  Medeiros 
Treasurer 
Irene  Orlando 
Secretary 

Board  of  Directors 
George  Bedard 
Robert  Bogan 
Anthony  Cordeiro 
Mark  Cordeiro 
Bradford  Curtis 
John  F.  Dator 
Dr.  Nicholas  A.  Fischer 
Hector  Gauthier 
James  Gibney 
Roger  Greenlees 
Charles  Kalil 
James  M  Karam 
Paul  Kelly 

Virginia  A.  King.  Ed.D. 
R.  Christian  Lafrance 
John  Machado 
Bernard  McDonald,  ill 
Ann  McSweeney 
Robert  Mullen,  Sr. 
Robert  Mullen,  Jr 
JoAnne  O'Neil 
John  O'Neil,  Esq. 
Michael  Plasski 
Ned  Power 
Kenneth  Rezendes 
James  Sabra 
Leonard  Silvia 
Ann  O'Neil  Souza 
Robert  Stoico 

Executive  Director 
Peter  McCarthy 

Honorary  Directors 
E.P  “Chuck"  Charlton 
Brad  Faxon 
Lisa  Lundy-Kusinltz 
Jack  Ledwidge 
Steve  Long 


The  Positive  Place  for  Kids 


A  United  Way  Agency 


Welch:  Freetown  camp  has  many  loyal  fans 


Thursday. 


From  Page  A1 

Kevin  Vorro,  also  a  program  director, 
has  been  at  the  camp  for  just  as  long 
and  is  now  getting  to  know  his  second 
generation  of  campers. 

“We  run  it  differently  than  other 
camps,”  Larrivee  said,  while  watching 
a  basketball  game.  “Others  might  keep 
kids  together  in  groups.  Here,  they  get 
to  choose  their  activities  and  we  staff 
different  areas  so  everyone’s  supervised. 

I  think  kids  like  to  choose  what  to  do.” 

The  campers  —  about  450  in  all 
—  also  get  along  really  well,  Vorro  said. 
There’s  no  division  between  kids  from 
Fall  River  or  the  smaller  towns,  he  said, 
nor  between  the  day  campers  and  the  60 
or  so  that  sleep  over  each  week. 

The  camp,  founded  in  1882  and 
owned  and  operated  by  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club, 
runs  for  10  weeks  each  summer.  The 
land,  originally  a  farm,  was  donated  by 
a  Revolutionary  War  veteran  named 
Ebineezer  Dean.  The  camp  started  as 
a  working  farm  where  children  would 
work  during  the  summer  —  perhaps 
milking  cows  or  tending  to  gardens. 

It  wasn't  until  the  1950s  that  the 
Army  built  the  main  halk  cafeteria  and 
cottages  that  sit  under  tall  pine  trees 


alongside  scattered  wooden  benches. 
The  camp  is  the  oldest  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  in  the  country  and  a  prototypical 
scenic  summer  camp. 

Kids  as  young  as  5  can  attend  as  part 
of  the  camp’s  Cardinal  program,  which 
gives  the  younger  campers  more  super¬ 
vision.  Older  campers  —  up  to  age  15 
—  are  able  to  move  from  basketball 
to  flag  football  to  baseball  to  the  pool 
at  will. 

“I  like  having  the  freedom,”  says  9- 
year-old  Kacie  Lown  of  Fall  River,  who 
is  attending  Camp  Welch  for  the  first 
time.  “I  plan  on  coming  every  year.” 

Lown  joined  the  camp  because  her 
best  friend  and  neighbor,  Maire  Daley, 
9,  has  been  at  Camp  Welch  for  five 
years.  Daley’s  brother  is  a  counselor  and 
she  plans  to  be  one  too. 

“You  can  meet  really  awesome  people,” 
says  12-year-old  Berkley  resident  Hope 
Quental.  She  says  she  will  “definitely” 
become  a  counselor  someday. 

Sakiynah  Howard,  12,  of  Fall  River, 
has  been  at  the  camp  for  four  years  after 
deciding  to  try  it.  “It’s  awesome  here," 
she  said.  As  a  camper  in  the  overnight 
program,  Howard  enjoys  the  bowling 
alley  field  trips,  night  swimming,  sports 
and  board  games. 


Stephen  Couitt,  14,  of  Berkley, 
became  a  camper  seven  years  ago  when 
his  parents  thought  it  would  be  fun  for 
him  to  try. 

“You  can  be  active,  hang  out  with 
friends  and  meet  more  people  every 
year,”  he  said. 

Nearly  all  the  counselors  are  former 
campers,  and  many  return  while  on 
summer  break  from  college.  Vicki  Reese, 


19,  a  student  at  Bristol  Community 
College,  has  been  at  the  camp  for  10 
years.  Scott  Dooley,  18,  of  Taunton,  has 
been  at  the  camp  since  he  was  6. 

“We  all  planned  on  working  here 
when  we  were  younger,"  he  said.  “It 
made  for  an  easy  transition.” 

Greg  Rogers,  16,  of  Berkley,  is  in  his 
first  year  as  a  counselor  after  eight  years 
as  a  camper.  “I  basically  get  paid  to  play 


sports,”  he  said.  “It’s  a  place  to  go  for  tilt 
kids,  a  place  to  do  something  and  stay 
out  of  trouble.” 

There  are  about  50  counselors 
including  at  least  one  in  each  of  the 
cabins.  Boys  and  girls  alternate  every 
other  week  to  sleep  over  from  Sunday 
to  Friday.  Most  of  the  campers  arrive 
by  bus,  and  about  120  are  dropped  off 
Campers,  who  must  be  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  members,  get  a  hot  breakfast  and 
lunch  during  the  day  program,  which 
runs  from  6:50  ajn.  to  5:30  p.m. 

There  are  swimming  lessons  each 
morning  at  one  of  the  two  swimming 
pools.  One  has  water  slides  and  a  deep 
end,  and  the  other  is  shallow,  meant  foi 
younger  campers.  Activities  like  arts  and 
crafts  and  board  games  are  planned  foi 
rainy  days,  Vorro  said,  so  that  campers 
aren’t  sitting  in  cramped  buildings  with 
nothing  to  do. 

The  camp  is  so  popular,  Vorro  said 
that  when  camper  spots  open  in  April 
a  line  will  form  outside  the  camp  at 
around  1  a.m.  The  sign-up  process  isn’t 
supposed  to  start  until  7  a.m.,  but  it 
sometimes  begins  at  around  5. 


E-mail  Grant  Welker- at 

GWELKER@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


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Happy  campers 


Summer  hot  spot  keeps  kids  coming  back  for  more 


Grant  Welker 

Heraid  News  State  Reporter 

FREETOWN  —  At  Camp  Welch, 
children  become  longtime  campers, 
and  often  later  volunteers  and  coun¬ 
selors,  in  part  because  of  the  freedom 
and  excitement  it  brings  them. 

Campers  say  they  have  so  much 


fun  —  playing  sports,  making  arts  and 
crafts  or  swimming  —  that  many  can’t 
wait  to  stay  on  past  their  early  teenage 
years  to  oversee  the  same  activities. 

“I  plan  on  being  here  for  the  next 
20  years,”  says  14-year-old  Cassandra 
Benjamin  of  Fall  River,  perhaps  only 
half-kidding.  She  has  attended  the 
camp  each  of  the  last  seven  summers 


and  says  she  loves  how  there  is  some¬ 
thing  different  to  do  each  day. 

It  is  much  the  same  feeling  that 
every  camper  interviewed  for  this  story 
expressed.  Mimi  Larrivee,  a  program 
director,  has  been  at  the  camp  for  18 
years,  after  being  a  camper  once  herself. 

Turn  to  WELCH,  Page  A7 


American  flag  makes 
its  way  from  Baghdad 
to  fly  over  Camp  Welch 

Grant  Welker 

Heraio  News  Strep  Reporter 

FREETOWN  —  Those  at  Camp  Welch  stood, 
many  in  awe,  as  an  American  flag  that  flew  over 
Baghdad  was  raised  in  the  center  of  the  camp 
Thursday  morning.  A  gift  from  a  former  counselor, 
the  flag  will  now  fly  over  the  camp  as  a  reminder  of 
the  sacrifice  troops  have  made. 

The  flag  was  mailed  to  the  camp  by  Sgt.  Nicholas 
Custadio,  who  has  been  stationed  in  Iraq  since  June 
2006.  His  sister,  Amanda  Medeiros,  and  mother, 
Victoria  Medeiros,  raised  the  flag  with  one  of 
Custadio’s  friends  at  the  camp,  counselor  Adam 

Turn  to  FLAG,  Page  A5 


The  flag  that 
was  shipped 
from  Baghdad 
by  Army  Sgt. 
Nicholas 
Custadio  is 
unfolded  by 
his  mother, 

.  Victoria,  and 
sister,  Amanda, 
Thursday  at 
Camp  Welch 
in  Freetown. 
Custadio  is  a 
former  coun¬ 
selor  at  the 
camp. 

Herald  News 
Photo  |  Dave 
Souza 


The  Lambert  family  gathered  at  the  Bop  S  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River  recently  to  dedicate  the  game  room  in  memory  of  Mary  Lambert.  Pictured  are  members  of  the 
Lambert  family.  _ _ _ _ _ 


S&G  Club  game  room  named  for  Mary  Lambert 

j  of  Coll  nivpr  nanipnt  henefit  the  children 


FALL  RIVER  —  Members 
>f  the  Lambert  family  gathered 
it  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of 
-all  River  to  dedicate  the  game 
oom  furnishings  in  memory 


Mary  Lambert  grew  up  as 
a  member  of  the  Boys  8c  Girls 
Club  and  went  on  to  serve  her 
community  as  a  counselor 
at  Camp  Welch,  a  child  care 


and  the  first  lady  of  Fall  River. 

The  club  is  holding  the 
second  annual  Mary  E. 
Lambert  Golf  Tournament  on 
Sept.  17  at  Crestwood  Country 


nament  benefit  the  childrens 
programs.  Anyone  interested 
in  sponsoring  or  participating 
in  the  tournament  should  call 
the  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  at  508- 


COMM 


CLIPS 


Club  members  bake  their  cake 

FAIT  RIVFP  v . i  ....  t 


FALL  RIVER  —  Knud 
HeUested  II,  Webster  Bank  vice 
president  and  market  manager 
for  southeastern  Massachusetts 
and  Doreen  Plasski,  vice  presi¬ 
dent  and  manager  of  Webster’s 
branch  on  Sullivan  Drive,  cel¬ 
ebrated  a  $3,000  grant  sup- 


,  -0  waic  wnu  uie 

youth  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  8c  Girls  Club. 
Hellested  and  Plasski  joined  a 
number  of  young  club  mem¬ 
bers  to  decorate  a  Webster  Bank 
cake  that  the  Cooking  Club  had 
baked  earlier  in  the  day. 


As  the  largest  child  c„ 
vider  in  Fall  River,  the  1 
Girls  Club  offers  prograrr 
day  after  school  and 
Safe  and  Sound  Sat 
throughout  the  school  y 
collaboration  with  the 
Food  Bank,  the  Kids  Cafi 


eat  it  too 

nutritious  snacks  and  meals 
to  young  people  for  free.  On 
weekdays,  the  Kids  Cafe  pro¬ 
vides  as  many  as  200  kids  with 
an  afternoon  snack  and  dinner. 
On  Saturdays  during  the  school 
year,  the  Kid’s  Cafe  serves  as 
many  as  150. 


Thursday.  August  21 . 2008  7 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradley 


The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 

‘Auntie  Irene’  awarded  for  service  to  her 


community 


By  JASON  KENNEY 

Fall  River  Spirit  correspondent 
Irene  Orlando,  an  active 
member  of  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  and 
Holy  Rosary  Parish,  recently 
received  the  John  S.  Brayton, 
k.  Memorial  Community 
Service  Award  at  Venus  de 
Milo  Restaurant  in  Swansea. 

Known  as  "Auntie  Irene” 
to  all  those  that  know  her, 

Ms.  Orlando  was  nominated 
for  the  award  because  of  her 
outstanding  volunteerism  to 
the  Greater  Fall  River  area. 

She  said  she  was  "honored" 
to  receive  this  award  for  her 
years  of  exemplary  service  to 
the  community. 

“I  appreciate  the  fact  that 
1  was  recognized,"  she  said. 
“However,  there  are  a  lot  of 
people  in  the  community 
that  do  a  lot  of  good  for  other 
people  and  we  don't  always 
know  their  names.  In  accept¬ 
ing  this  award,  I’ll  be  thinking 
of  those  people  as  well." 

Ms.  Orlando,  who  is  a 
lifelong  resident  of  the  city, 
has  been  involved  in  the 
community  her  entire  life. 

Vhen  she  was  growing  up, 
er  brother  was  the  director 
jf  the  then-called  Boys  Club 
and  she  would  volunteer  at 
several  of  their  special  events, 
wen  though  women  were  not 
dlowed  to  participate  in  the 
organization’s  activities. 

“My  brother  was  the 
director  of  the  Boys  Club 
when  I  was  a  youngster,"  she 
reminisced.  "In  those  days, 
women  were  not  allowed  to 
be  part  of  the  club.  We  could 
only  volunteer  at  special 
family  days.  But,  as  the  years 
went  on,  that  soon  changed, 
and,  in  1984,  they  finally  let 
girls  participate.  Today  there 
are  still  many  people  who  re¬ 
fer  to  it  as  the  Boys  Club  and 
I  always  tell  them  that  it's  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River,  because  helping  girls 
is  big  part  of  what  we  do  on  a 
daily  basis." 

While  the  club  didn’t 
welcome  girls  until  1984, 

Ms.  Orlando  became  a  board 
member  of  the  organization 
in  1981  and  has  been  actively 
involved  ever  since.  In  fact, 
over  the  past  27  years,  she  . 
has  served  on  a  total  of  seven 
committees  including  execu¬ 
tive,  building,  camp,  bingo, 
personnel,  special  events, 
and  resource  development.  In 
1996,  she  was  named  secre¬ 
tary  of  the  board  and  served 


as  vice  chairperson  from 
2001-2008.  Currently,  she  is 
the  chairperson  of  the  Board 
of  Directors. 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club,  said  Ms.  Orlando  has 
demonstrated  "outstanding 
achievement"  in  community 
service  and  is  "passionate 
about  the  club. 

"Auntie  Irene  is  one  of 
the  club’s  most  valued  and 
informed  volunteers,"  he 
said.  "She  has  not  only  a  long 
history  of  volunteering  with 
the  club,  but  is  the  most  pas¬ 


sionate  speaker  when  talking 
about  the  club  and  the  kids 
who  attend.  Irene  exempli¬ 
fies  the  term  giving  back  to 
her  community  by  devoting 
much  of  her  time  to  not  only 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  but 
to  many  other  organizations 
in  the  city." 

Ms.  Orlando  has  just  as 
much  respect  for  Mr.  McCar¬ 
thy  and  the  club  as  they  have 
for  her. 

"The  executive  director 
and  the  staff  at  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  are  the  best  you 
will  find  anywhere,"  she  said. 
“They  are  truly  a  bunch  of 


committed  and  dedicated  | 
individuals  who  love  helping 
today’s  youth.” 

Besides  her  involvement  at 
the  club,  Ms.  Orlando  is  also 
an  active  parishioner  of  Holy 
Rosary  Parish  in  Fall  River. 

She  is  a  Eucharistic  Minister 
and  a  member  of  the  par¬ 
ish  council  and  St.  Vincent 
de  Paul  Society.  She  has  also 
been  a  catechism  teacher  for 
the  past  14  years. 

"I  love  helping  kids.”  said 
Ms.  Orlando.  “If  we  don’t  do 
something  for  them  today,  we 
should  be  held  responsible 
for  them  when  they  become  j 
adults.” 

The  Fall  River  Chamber 
of  Commerce  asks  its  mem¬ 
bership  and  the  community 
every  spring  to  nominate 
individuals  and  groups  that 
have  provided  extraordinaiy 
volunteer  services  to  associa¬ 
tions,  charitable  organiza¬ 
tions,  and  community  clubs. 
The  awards  banquet  is  an 
opportunity  to  thank  these 
"unsung  heroes”  who  have 
improved  their  environment 
and  transformed  the  lives  of 
others  through  their  volunteer 
work. 


IN  HER  ELEMENT: 

Irene  Orlando  with 
some  of  the  kids  who 
affectionately  call  her 
“Auntie  Irene"  at  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  in 
this  2005  file  photo. 
Below,  Ms.  Orlando 
stands  at  the  po¬ 
dium  with  then  Mayor 
Edward  M.  Lambert 
Jr.  during  a  ceremony 
proclaiming  her  one  of 
BankFive's  Hometown 
Heroes  in  May  2005. 

Fall  River  Spirit  File  Photos 

by  RICK  SNIZEK 


Fall  River  policemen  John  Lapointe -- -•  n  '  # 

Community  guardians 


and  Brett  Kimball  greet  youths  tram  the  Boys  S  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River. 


Officers  Lapointe  and  Kimball  receive  Ci^ncil  for^wor 


Michael  Holtzman 

Heraid  News  State  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  From  the  Bank 
Street  Neighborhood  Association  to 
the  City  Council  to  their  own  police 
chief  and  others,  all  were  in  accord: 
Patrolmen  John  P.  Lapointe  and 
Brett  D.  Kimball  deserved  the  desig¬ 
nation  “community  guardians.” 

It’s  a  city  recognition  for  those 
"advocating  for  our  youth  while 
educating  and  protecting  our  com¬ 
munity  against  guns,  gangs  and 
drugs.” 

When  school  begins  again 
next  month,  partners  Kimball  and 
Lapointe  will  return  for  their  second 
year  at  Kuss  and  Morton  middle 
schools,  respectively,  helping  guide 
sixth  graders  as  certified  instructors 
in  the  Gang  Resistance  and  Training 
(GREAT)  program. 

The  program  teaches  decision 
making  skills  to  help  youngsters 
both  now  and  as  adults,  the  officers 
said. 

And  while  teaming  up  more 

than  three  years  ago  through  their 
department’s  community  policing 
initiatives,  Kimball,  a  six -year 
officer,  and  Lapointe,  a  21 -year  vet¬ 
eran,  have  dedicated  themselves  to 
keeping  the  city  safer  and  its  youth 
on  the  right  track. 

At  the  Aug.  7  City  Council 

meeting,  they  were  presented  the 

citations  with  the  chambers  packed 
with  family,  friends.  Bank  Street 
neighborhood  parents  and  kids  and 
the  girls’  soccer  team  they  coach. 

Council  leaders  emphasized  the 
uniqueness  of  the  recognition  bemg 
“neighborhood  driven.” 

Natalie  Melo,  president  of 
the  Bank  Street  Neighborhood 
Association,  and  her  assistant  Fern 
Sousa  put  together  a  statement  her¬ 
alding  the  "two  exemplary  officers 
for  being  "invaluable  contributors  ot 
education  to  our  city’s  youth,  espe 
dally  at  the  impressionable  middle 
school  age.” 

They  said  Lapointe  and  Kimball 
“go  above  and  beyond  their  job 


(GREAT)  program. 


descriptions...  providing  a  positive 
relationship  with,  our  youth. 

From  being  fixtures  in  the 
middle  schools  and  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  to  coaching  sports,  the 
officers  said  they  are  proud  of  those 
relationships. 

In  the  next  few  weeks,  they  will 
pass  out,  with  parental  permis- 
sion,  some  2,000  kits  to  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  camp  members  that  will 
include  DNA  and  other  identifying 
information  to  help  parents  in  an 
emergency,  Lapointe  said. 

“The  children  come  up  to  us 
and  know  us  on  a  first-name  basis. 
They  see  us  as  just  regular  people, 
Kimball  said.  . 

“I've  always  treated  every  neigh- 
borhood  as  if  it  Is  my  own  neigh, 
borhood,"  said  Kimball,  who  lives  in 
Fall  Rivet.  He  has  a  son,  Brett  Allan, 
6,  who’s  “the  sunshine  of  my  life. 

At  the  recent  City  Council 
meeting,  Kimball  deferred  their 
words  of  appreciation  to  Lapointe, 
but  privately  shared  his  love  of  the 
job.  ,  .. 

“I’m  just  happy  to  be  a  police 


officer  every  single  day,"  said  the 
Somerset  High  grad.  “Every  day  is 
different." 

And  while  the  two  officers  have 
been  recognized  for, numerous  cita¬ 
tions,  a  winter  storm  three  weeks 
before  Christmas  nearly  five  years 
ago  will  be  one  Kimball  will  never 
forget 

The  snow  forced  him  to  abandon 
his  cruiser  as  he  rushed  to  the  home 
of  a  choking  9-day-old  infant. 

Not  breathing,  with  no  pulse, 
arms  limp  by  her  side  and  eyes 
blankly  open,  Kimball  remembered 
his  efforts  to  breath  into  her  mouth 
and  free  her  airwaves.  He  remem¬ 
bered  her  starting  to  cry  and  her 
eyes  blinking. 

“That’s  the  most  rewarding 
feeling,”  he  said.  “People  ask  why 
we’re  police  officers.  It  s  days  like 
that. 

"They  had  to  hold  me  down  by 
my  ankles  when  1  walked  out  of 
the  house,”  said  the  6-foot-5, 265- 
pound  Kimball. 

For  that  rescue,  he  received  the 
department’s  “life  saving  medal" 


In  recent  years,  he  and  Lapointe 
have  been  recognized  for  taking 
guns  off  gang  members  without 
any  shots  being  fired,  among  other 
awards. 

“I  can’t  thank  you  enough  for 
your  support  and  the  appreciation 
for  what  we  do,”  Lapointe,  who 
began  as  a  patrolman  in  the  Bank 
Street  neighborhood,  said  at  the 
council  meeting. 

A  graduate  of  Bristol 
Community  College  with  a  degree 
in  criminal  justice,  the  lifelong  city 
resident  patrolled  the  Flint  Street 
area  for  several  years,  worked  plain 
clothes  in  narcotics  and  was  a 
member  of  the  community  unit  for 
six  years.  ,  _  .  . 

Lapointe  and  his  wife,  Christine, 
arc  parents  of  two  children,  Sara, 

13,  and  Connor,  8. 

Lapointe  cited  the  vision  of 
Police  Chief  John  Souza  and  senior 
department  officers  for  showing 
confidence  in  their  abilities  to 
make  the  city  safer  and  help  its 
youth.  ,  . 

"It’s  something  you  enjoy  doing, 
and  then  to  be  recognized  is  so 
gratifying,”  echoed  Kimball  after- 
wards. 

Souza  thanked  the  council 
and  Bank  Street  Neighborhood 
Association,  while  saying  the  two 
officers  “make  the  entire  police 
department  very  proud.” 

Council  President  William  F. 
Whitty  said  it  was  their  neighbors 
recognizing  the  improvements  in 

For  Natalie  Melo,  who  in  1999 
helped  start  the  neighborhood 
association  after  there  were  dnve- 
by  shootings,  she  believes  “people 
don’t  realize  these  officers  work  so 
hard. 

“And  I’m  proud  to  say  all  our 
neighbors  are  working  very  hard 
with  these  police  officers,”  she  said. 
“We’re  their  eyes  and  ears." 

E-maii  Michael  Holtzman  at 

MH01TZMAN@HERALDNEWS.C0M. 


BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB  BLOCK  PARTY 


By  KAYLA  PONTES 

Fall  River  Spirit  correspondent 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
hosted  its  Block  Party  Satur¬ 
day  afternoon  with  the  goals 
of  showcasing  its  facilities 
and  recruiting  new  members. 
Coming  back  after  a  sum- 
mer  vacation  the  club  is  open 
as  kids  grades  K-12  start  the 
school  year. 

Children  and  parents  were 
entertained  by  many  outdoor 
activities  such  as  ring  toss, 
been  bags.  Simon  says,  face 
painting,  and  a  D1  playing 
all  the  newest  pop  hits  from 
artists  such  as  The  Jonas 
Brothers  and  Miley  Cyrus. 

Free  drinks  and  hotdogs  were 
available  for  everyone.  New 
members  were  given  tours  ot 

the  facilities  to  get  an  idea  of 

what  their  children  will  be  do¬ 
ing  while  there. 

"I  want  my  kids  to  be 
around  other  kids  doing  good 

things,"  said  Juma  Miller, 
mother  of  11  and  9.yeai-old 

returning  members.  They 
will  stay  until  they  become 
volunteers  themselves. 

Former  club  member 
Victoria  Reis  has  volunteered 

for  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  tor 

K^mdemaEys 

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so  that’s  mostly  what  I  like  to 
do  nowasavolunteei: 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
is  staffed  with  six  full-ume 
employees  as  well  as  ap¬ 
proximately  40  other  staff 
members,  part  trroe  and 
volunteers.  Every  employee 

is  required  to  pass  the  COM 
criminal  background  check 
Lynessa  Chatterton,  a  tour 

guide,  showed  parents  and 

kids  what  they  could  expect 
as  members  of  the  club.  Kids 
are  separated  according  to  age 

Soup  Kindergarten  through 

second  graders  are  together  in 
their  designated  areas  whale 
third  through  e>ghth-gra<b 
ers  are  grouped  together.  The 
Teen  Center,  also  know  asThe 
Club,"  is  for  high  school  stu 
dents  and  their  location  is  on 
the  third  floor  of  the  bud^mS. 
You  must  be  in  high  school  to 
use  that  area. 


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PRIZES  BASED  ON  250  PLAYERS  MORE  PLAYERS!!  MEANS  MORE  PRIZES!! 
THOMAS  CHEW  MEMORIAL 
BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 

FRIDAY  EVENING 

OCT.  3rd 

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UP  AND  DOWN:  Children  en]oy  the  see-saw  rides  at  the 
playground. 


(BLUE  BORDER) 

•  DOORS  OPEN:  4:00 
.  GAMES  BEGIN  6:45 

•  WHEELCHAIR  RAMP 

•  FULL  KITCHEN  MENU 

•  SECURITY  PARKING  PROVIDED 

ADMISSION  PACKAGE  INCLUDES  WTAI 

„  RESERVE  YOUR  SEATS  NOW 
THE  BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 

on  Wed>  Thurs  &  Fri 
between  3  pm-6  pm 

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PHOTOS  BY  DEL  FUHlAUO/FaP  Rival  Spirit 

WHEEEE1:  The  Blue  double  slide  was  a  favorite  with  many  of  th0  children. 
wnEcu-  as  hveien. 


•'We  have  the  Keystone 
Club  where  tire  kids  can 
volunteer  themselves  and 
do  fund  raisers."  said  Lar- 


do  tuna  raisers. 

rivee.  “Every  year  they  go  to  a 
national  conference.  Last  year 
they  went  to  Anaheim  and 
went  to  Disneyland. ..  the  year 
before  they  went  to  Minnesota 
use  that  area.  and  to  the  Mall  of  America. 

“High  school  students  re-  a  p  ams  for  high  school 

allv  need  a  place  of  theu  °wn.  studems  are  available  as  well 

■  “  - - u„„Twetnr  Peter  as  hin  activities  and  places  to 

hang  out.  There  is  a  room  for 
Xbox  and  Wii  games,  Thure- 
dav  nights  are  movie  nights. 
There  is  a  basketball  and  Flag 

football  team  for  high  school 
students  as  well.  / 

Many  activities  for  young 

children  are  avaUable  in  tbe 
lower  sections  of  the  building. 
Arts  and  crafts,  pool  tables. 


ally  neea  a  puu-c  u*  — • •  ~  ' 

said  Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy.  "We  want  to  give 
them  the  freedom  they  need 
and  now  with  the  teen  center 
we  can  do  that  for  them. 

Mimi  Larrivee,  the  teen 
director,  said  they  have  many 
programs  for  high  school 
students  that  can  help  them 
in  situations  guidance  coun¬ 
selors  at  their  schools  might 

have  a  difficult  time  with. 


Xbox  games,  computer  time, 
a  book  club,  home  work  help 
MCAS  tutoring,  indoor  and 
outdoor  playgrounds,  sports 
and  gym  acuvmes.  The  the 
most  popular  area  is  the 
Sdoor  pool,  and  all  areas  are 

^Soys  and  Girls  Club 
hosts  many  special  events 
throughout  the  year.  Mostly 
surrounding  the  holidays, 
kids  partake  in  many  arts  and 
crafts  activities.  Also,  they 
host  a  boys  sleep  over  nigh 
and  a  girls  sleep  oyer  night. 
There  are  many  educational 
programs  depending  on  age 
.  group  such  as  Street  Smarts, 
Warnings  on  Drugs,  Gangs, 
and  for  the  younger  chil- 
dren  programs  educating  on 
healthy  food  choices  as  well 


as  hygiene.  Most  activities  are 

separated  by  age  group  and 
boys  and  girls  can  be  separat¬ 
ed  for  some  activities  as >  well. 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  is 
always  open  to  new  members. 
Membership  costs  $10  a  year, 
however,  when  h°sHnlfnPrv 

events  like  Saturdays  Block 

Party  membership  specials 
can  cost  $5. 

The  hours  of  operation 
are  Tuesdays  through  Fridays 
starting  at  4  p.m.  through  8 
n  m.  and  Saturdays  from  10 
aim.  to  4  p.m.  The  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  is  located  at  803 
Bedford  Street. 

For  further  information 

you  can  contact  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  at  (508)  672-6340 
or  check  out  their  Web  site  at 
Fallriverbgc.org. 


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looking  to  eat  in  the  company 
of  other  kids. 

‘•We’re  feeding  between 
150  and  200  kids  every  day, 
depending  on  the  day, 

McCarthy  said. 

“Our  Saturday  open  house 
is  to  encourage  people  to 
come  to  all  our  programs, 
McCarthy  said.  “We  sent  fliers 
to  all  the  schools." 

In  addition  to  the  meals 
and  the  traditional  athletic 
aspect  of  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Clubs,  a  number  of  more  intel¬ 
lectual  activities  are  offered, 
reflecting  the  increasingly  com¬ 
plex  nature  of  education,  work 
and  life  itself. 

“We  have  tutoring,  com¬ 
puter  classes,  time  for  home- . 
work  and  prevention  classes, 
McCarthy  said. 

“It’s  all  starting  to  roll, 
McCarthy  said  of  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club’s  numerous  after- 
school  programs. 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  has 
made  a  lot  of  changes  over  the 


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the  goings-on  at  the  Boys  &  GirisClyb  from  a  porthole  on  the  playgrouno  equigmci... 
decades,  including  adding  the  But  McCarthy  says  one 

word  “girls”  to  the  name  as 

.  well  as  adding  meals  and  high- 
tech  computer  activities. 


thing  about  the  club  remains 
a  constant.  “We’re  a  fun,  safe 
space  for  the  kids  of  Fall  River 


E-mail  Marc  Munroe  Dion  at 

M0I0N@HERALDNEWS.C0M. 


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for  Halloween 

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PHOTOS  BY  RICK  SNIZEK/Fall  Rivqr Spirit 

A  CLEAN  WELL-LIGHTED  PLACE:  Night  Sr  day,  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  a  home  away  from  home  for  hundreds  of  youths 
each  day. 

Room  Grow 


Heralo  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradley 

F.R.E.S.H.  faces 


F.R.E.S.H.  (Fall  River  Extends  Supportive  Hands),  in  collaboration  with  the  Healthy  Youth  Task  Force,  announced  the 
five  winners  of  the  Red  Wagon  competition  on  Dec.  5.  The  competition  was  designed  to  promote  civic  engagement 
through  community  service  projects  that  fulfill  America's  Promise.  Nineteen  projects  were  submitted  to  the  youth 
leadership  group  in  November,  including,  neighborhood  cleanups  and  hoops  tournaments.  Pictured  from  left  to  right 
are  the  winners  of  the  F.R.E.S.H.  awards:  Holly  Halstead  of  Bristol  Community  College  Rotocraft,  Debbie  Cavanagh  of 
Family  Services,  Mimi  Laravee  and  Ja'von  Pemberton  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  Grace  Gerling  of  CD  Rec  and  Dawn 
Farinha  of  Morton  Middle  School.  Omama  Marzuq  of  BCC  Rotocraft  is  seen  in  the  wagon. 


Area  youths  making  the  most  of  Boys  &  Girls  Club  expansion 


By  RICK  SNIZEK 

Editor 

Tre  Paquette  remembers 
how  cramped  things 
used  to  be  at  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club.  After  school,  the  boys 
and  girls  would  be  herded  into 
different  areas  of  the  main  floor, 
younger  and  older  kids  often 
mixed  together  during  program¬ 
ming  to  make  the  most  efficient 
use  of  the  space  they  had. 

Such  memories  are  in  the 
past  now  -  a  year  ago  this  week 
to  be  exact  -  and  the  gleaming, 
glass-walled  new  addition  to  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  has  done  wonders 
to  help  erase  them.  It  has  done 


BRITTANY 

BENJAMIN, 

12,  takes  on  her 
brother  Alex,  1 1 , 
both  students 
at  Talbot  Middle 
School,  in  a 
game  of  pool. 


even  more,  club  officials  say. 
The  added  space  has  been  a  big 
draw  in  getting  new  youths  to 
come  in  and  see  what  the  club 
is  all  about,  and  it  certainly  has 


encouraged  existing  members  to 
keep  coming  back. 

“We’re  not  with  the  little  kids 
anymore.  We  can  be  with  our 

See  CLUB,  Page  4 


Skate  benefits  Make-A-Wish 


FALL  RIVER  —  Recently, 
kids  and  families  from  across 
the  greater  Fall  River  area  par¬ 
ticipated  in  the  FMC  Arenas’ 
Public  Skate  Weekend  to  benefit 
the  Make-A-Wish  Foundation, 
the  charity  that  grants  the 
wishes  of  children  with  life- 
threatening  conditions.  The 
community  came  out  in  droves, 
with  more  than  300  skaters 
showing  up  to  help  bring  the 
joy  of  the  holiday  season  to 
deserving  children. 

From  Friday  through 
Sunday,  the  event  generated 
over  $600  for  Make-A-Wish 
at  Driscoll  Skating  Rink  alone. 


Across  the  state,  more  than 
$11,000  was  raised  at  70  sepa¬ 
rate  skating  events. 

“We  are  very  grateful  for 
this  donation,  which  Will  help 
us  to  fulfill  two  wishes  for  chil¬ 
dren  in  the  New  Year.  With 
approximately  430  children  in 
Massachusetts  newly  diagnosed 
with  life-threatening  illnesses 
each  year,  this  generous  dona¬ 
tion  brings  us  closer  to  our  goal 
of  granting  wishes  for  every 
medically  eligible  child  in  the 
state,"  says  Charlotte  Beattie, 
chief  executive  officer  of  the 
Make-A-Wish  Foundation  of 
Massachusetts. 


“We  are  so  thankful  that  the 
community  came  out  in  such 
large  numb«rs  to  support  a 
truly  wonderful  cause,”  states 
Rob  McBride,  president  of  FMC 
Arenas.  “Their  support  and  gen¬ 
erosity  will  help  brighten  the  hol¬ 
idays  for  some  very  courageous 
and  deserving  children.” 

Those  who  missed  the  Make- 
A-Wish  weekend  can  still  par¬ 
ticipate  at  the  Driscoll  rink  and 
other  state  rinks.  All  skaters  that 
bring  a  toy  worth  $5  or  greater 
will  receive  free  admission  to 
the  public  skating  session.  Visit 
www.FMCArenas.com  for  the 
public  skating  schedule. 


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The  Herald  News,  Sunday,  December  9,  2007  A3 


FR  Boys  and  Girls  Club  raises  $3.4M 

^  t  Last  March,  an  anonymous  Boston- 

campaign  lasted  just  over  six  years 


The  fundraising 

Grant  Welker 

Herald  News  Star  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River  has  reached  its  Next 
Generation  Campaign  goal  by  raising  $3.4 
million  since  the  campaign  was  launched 
in  September  2001.  The  organization  will 
retire  its  construction  mortgage  by  the 
end  of  December  for  the  club’s  addition 
that  officially  opened  in  November  2006. 

More  than  400  donations  were 
received,  including  a  $1  million  contribu¬ 
tion  from  the  Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Charitable  Foundation. 

“I  am  thrilled  with  the  results,”  said 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  Chairman  John 
Feitelberg.  “The  team  we  had  at  the  board 
and  staff  level  made  it  fun,  and  1  am 
pleased  to  have  helped  lead  the  club 
through  this  challenging  yet  uplifting 
project.” 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  based  at  803 
Bedford  St.,  told  donors  in  thank-you  let¬ 
ters  last  month  that  the  organization  had 
i  reached  its  campaign  goal  but  did  not  dis- 
|  close  fundraising  figures  until  Wednesday. 
The  campaign  lasted  just  over  six  years 
and  included  donations  of  construction 


and  demolition  services  and  steel  and 
lighting  products. 

With  the  $3.4  million,  the  club  will 
pay  off  its  construction  debt,  which  came 
to  about  $7,000  monthly  in  loans,  said 
David  F.  Guertin,  the  club’s  fundraising 
consultant.  The  goal  of  the  campaign  was 
to  eliminate  all  debt  in  relation  to  the  new 
building  so  the  club  could  focus  resources 
on  its  member  programs,  he  said. 

“The  future  of  the  club  is  brighter  than 
we  had  ever  imagined,”  Feitelberg  and 
club  executive  director  Peter  McCarthy 
said  in  a  letter  to  donors. 

In  2001,  when  the  campaign  began, 
the  club  acquired  land  for  a  three-story, 
18,000  square-foot  addition  to  its  Bedford 
Street  building,  built  in  1967.  The  club, 
named  after  Thomas  Chew,  an  English 
immigrant  who  founded  the  club  for 
boys  only  in  the  1880s,  named  the  new 
addition  the  Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
Youth  Center,  after  its  largest  donor. 

With  the  addition,  the  club  was  able  to 
add  a  library  about  twice  the  size  of  the 
former  one,  a  commercial-grade  kitchen 
about  three  times  the  size  of  the  old 
kitchen,  and  a  floor  entirely  for  teens  that 
includes  a  music  recording  room,  pool 


tables,  computers  and  a  cafe. 

“The  new  building  allowed  us  to 
handle  the  capacity  of  kids  much  better,” 
said  finance  director  Bill  Kiley.  The  new 
computer  lab,  where  members  can  create 
music  or  movies,  “was  out  of  the  realm 
of  possibility  without  the  new  addition,” 
he  said. 

Donations  also  included  $650,000 
from  an  anonymous  donor,  $300,000 
from  the  Charlton  Trust  8c  Foundation 
and  $250,000  from  the  Rodgers  Family 
Foundation. 

“We  are  so  grateful  to  Bob  Stoico, 
Tom  Rodgers  and  Chuck  Charlton  and 
honored  by  the  fact  that,  for  the  first  time, 
they  came  together  to  fund  a  project  of 
vital  importance  to  Fall  River,”  McCarthy 
said.  “It  is  so  encouraging  to  know  that 
their  leadership  giving  was  matched  by  so 
many  others  in  the  community  and  from 
our  board  and  staff.  Everyone  was  behind 
this  project.” 

The  club  named  the  new  library 
after  Charlton  and  the  teen  center  after 
Rodgers.  The  club  serves  about  400  chil¬ 
dren  daily  and  has  about  2,100  members. 
It  also  runs  Camp  Welch  in  Freetown 
each  summer. 


area  organization  offered  $250,000  to 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  if  the  club  raised 
$150,000  by  Dec.  1.  The  club  met  that 
amount  last  month.  In  April,  the  club  will 
have  a  “Burn  the  Mortgage”  party  with 
key  donors  and  the  community. 

“That  will  be  the  real  party,”  Guertin 
said. 

Ford  Construction  of  Norwell 
donated  construction  services  and 
Kenneth  Rezendes  provided  construc¬ 
tion  and  demolition  for  free,  Guertin  * 
said.  Lightolier  and  Shawmut  Metals 
also  donated  building  supplies,  and  a 
member  of  the  club’s  200-member  adult 
division  —  a  unique  feature  for  a  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  —  laid  tiles  on  weekends 
for  free. 

“I  cannot  give  more  credit  to  our 
architect,  Michael  Whitmore,  and  to  Ford 
Construction  for  taking  the  time  to  ana¬ 
lyze  each  aspect  of  the  project  to  ensure 
that  we  stayed  on  budget,”  said  Bra‘d 
Curtis,  the  club’s  building  committee 
chairman. 

"As  a  result  of  their  diligence,  we  easily 
saved  $250,000  by  being ,  creative.  My 
objective  was  to  always  account  for  every 
dollar  raised.” 

E-mail  Grant  Welker 

AT  GWELKER@HERAIDNEWS.COM. 


4  Thursday.  November  1 . 2007 


The  Fall  River  Spirit,  Fall  River,  MA 


Elks 

gift 

The  Fall  River  Lodge  of  Elks 
1 18  presented  a  $1000 
check  to  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  recently.  The  money 
was  raised  at  an  Elks  golf 
tournament.  Pictured  left  to 
right  are  Elks  Exalted  Ruler 
Stephen  Curran,  Boys  and  (Sirls 
Club  Director  Peter  McCarthy 
and  Arthur  Bocuhard,  golf 
tournament  coordinator. 


In  Brief 

Lions  Club  sets 
Jan.  meeting 

FALL  RIVER  —  The 
Fall  River  Carousel  Lions 
Club  held  their  board 
meeting  on  Nov.  28  at  the 
Somerset  Ridge  Home. 

President  Cherlyn 
Medeiros  announced  that 
the  Swansea  Lions  will  join 
them  for  the  December 
Christmas  meeting. 

If  members  have 
tickets  or  money  for  the 
Swansea  Mall  Festival  of 
Giving,  they  should  con¬ 
tact  Muriel  Patenaude. 

The  January  dinner 
meeting  will  be  held  on 
Jan.  8  at  Whites  Restaurant 
at  7  p.m.  Mrs.  Salime  from 
“The  Home  Instead”  will 
be  the  guest  speaker. 

The  next  board  meeting 
will  be  held  on  Jan.  19  at 
the  Somerset  Ridge. 

The  club  has  been 
asked  to  twin  with  the 
Swansei.  Lions  Club  on 
Jan.  24  at  the  Venus  de 
Milo  in  Swansea. 

The  guest  speaker  for 
the  event  will  be  a  phy¬ 
sician  from  the  Jocelyn 
Clinic. 

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BOYS  Sc  GIRLS  CLUB 

OF  FALL  RIVER 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 

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At  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
803  Bedford  Street 
Fall  River,  MA 

For  information  call  508-672-6340 


making  most  of  expansion 


Club:  Youths 


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own  age  group,"  says  Pa¬ 
quette,  13,  a  student  at  the 
Talbot  Middle  School. 

Paauette  says  he  would 
probably  be  spending  more 
time  out  on  the  streets  after 
school  if  it  weren't  for  the  new 
places  to  relax  with  friends  or 
do  his  homework  at  the  club. 

Before  the  new  addition, 
it  proved  difficult  to  retain 
members  once  they  hit  high 
school  age,  mainly  because 
they  had  to  be  lumped  to¬ 
gether  with  everyone  else. 

"They  used  to  age  out  at 
high  school,”  says  teen  direc¬ 
tor  Mimi  Larrivee.  "But  this 
year,  my  numbers  have  gone 
through  the  roof.  "I'm  averag¬ 
ing  75  high  school  kids  when 
I  used  to  have  just  10." 

The  high-schoolers  now 
have  a  place  to  truly  call 
their  own.  The  Rodgers  Teen 
Center  occupies  the  top  floor 
of  the  structure,  and  provides 
teens  with  plenty  of  room  to 
stretch  out  mingle.  At  one 
end  of  the  floor  is  a  large 
screen  television,  surrounded 
by  plenty  of  seating,  and  at 
the  other  end  is  the  Keystone 
Cafe,  a  well-kept  counter  area 
where  teens  can  purchase 
a  snack  or  a  sandwich.  The 
Keystone  Club,  a  teen  leader¬ 
ship  program  run  by  Larrivee, 
operates  the  cafe,  and  its 
proceeds  are  used  to  fund 
Keystone  programming  and 
field  trips. 

Younger  students,  from  the 
third  to  eighth  grades  oc¬ 
cupy  the  second  floor,  which 
is  stocked  with  games  of  all 
lands.  A  television  at  one  end 
is  hooked  up  to  video  game 
consoles,  while  freestanding 
classic  arcade-style  games  are 
lined  up  along  another  wall. 

In  between  are  bumper  and 
pool  tables. 

The  lower  level  houses  the 
E.P.  "Chuck”  Charlton  Library, 
and  is  being  fitted  with  new 
bookcases  built  by  students 
at  Diman  Regional  Vocational 
Technical  High  School  this 
year. 

Charlton,  the  library's 
namesake,  himself  visited  the 
facility  recently  to  monitor  its 
progress.  The  Charlton  Foun¬ 
dation  was  one  of  three  major 
contributors  to  the  $3.5  mil¬ 
lion  cost  of  the  addition.  The 
Robert  F.  Stoico  FIRSTFED 
Foundation  was  the  principal 
benefactor,  contributing  $1 
million  to  the  project.  The 
Thomas  P.  Rodgers  Foun¬ 


dation  sponsored  the  Teen 
Center. 

"I  think  it’s  great,  I’m  very 
roud  of  what  you've  done 
ere,”  Charlton  told  Peter 
McCarthy,  the  club's  ex¬ 
ecutive  director,  during  his 
visit.  “Kids  have  got  to  have  a 
sound  basic  education,  and 
you're  giving  the  kids  here 
that  opportunity." 

Charlton,  whose  grand¬ 
father  merged  a  success¬ 
ful  chain  of  five-and-dime 
stores  that  began  on  South 
Main  Street  into  what  would 
become  Woolworth  Depart¬ 
ment  stores,  manages  the 
foundation  that  concentrates 
on  awarding  grants  in  the 
southeastern  part  of  the  state, 
especially  UMass  Dartmouth, 
and  its  Charlton  College  of 
Business. 

It  took  seven  years  from 
the  time  the  idea  of  building 
an  addition  was  conceived 
until  the  new  wing  opened 
last  November. 

And  the  club  is  quickly 
closing  in  on  meeting  its 
$3.5  million  goal  to  fund  the 
expansion,  which  includes  a 
new  playground  outside  and 
a  lighted  basketball  court, 
which  has  proven  quite 
popular  with  teens  this  year. 

“I’m  still  looking  forward 
to  seeing  even  more  things 
done  here,"  says  John  Dator, 
a  longtime  member  of  the 
club's  board. 

"We’ve  been  here  over  a 
year  and  it’s  still  amazing," 
McCarthy  says. 

"Were  more  than  a  swim 
and  gym,"  he  adds,  noting 
the  possibilities  for  youth 
programming  they  are  able  to 
arrange  thanks  to  the  added 
room. 

McCarthy  says  the  club 
has  added  about  100  new 
members  since  the  new  wing 
opened  last  November,  and 
more  youths  and  teens  are 
coming  in  to  see  what  the 
club  is  all  about  all  the  time. 

"They  have  so  many  things 
to  do,"  says  Devinie  Alves,  13, 
a  student  at  the  Talbot  Middle 
School.  "What  would  you 
do  without  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club?" 

John  Ciullo  has  been  a  full¬ 
time  staff  member  at  the  club 
since  1977.  He  feels  the  older 
students  especially  are  more 
empowered  to  come  to  the 
club  now  that  they  have  an 
entire  floor  to  themselves. 

"They  just  feel  better  about 
the  place." 


DEVINIE  ALVES,  left,  and  Tre 
Paquette,  students  at  Talbot 
Middle  School,  and  Joey 
Dupras,  right,  (Atlantis  Charter 
School),  play  foosball  staff 
member  John  Ciullo  looks  on. 

A  GHOULISHLY  DRESSED 

Athena  Caetano,  left,  a 
student  at  the  John  J.  Doran 
School,  second  from  right, 
is  joined  by  friends,  from 
left,  Sarah  Vyalkden  (Talbot 
Middle  School),  Brooke  Dube 
(Durfee),  Marquee  Bonner,  of 
Dartmouth,  and  Bethany  Rego 
(Talbot  Middle),  at  the  club's 
Halloween  party  last  weekend. 

EARL  PERRY “CHUCK” 
CHARLTON,  below  left, 
recently  visited  the  club  a  year 
after  the  new  wing  opened 
to  learn  how  the  expanded 
facility  has  benefitted  the 
youth  of  the  area. 


LOGAN  VALOIS,  3,  shows  no  signs 
of  being  frightened  by  the  garb  worn 
by  Cory  Marques,  1 1 ,  a  student  at  the 
Greene  School. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  names 
Astle  Youth  of  the  Year 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  8c  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River,  a  United  Way 
agency,  has  named  Nicole  Astle  as  the 
2007  Youth  of  the  Year.  Nicole  is  the 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sue  Astle  of 
Fall  River. 

Nicole  is  a  senior  at  B.M.C.  Durfee 
High  School  and  plans  to  attend 
Bristol  Community  College  in  the  fall 


to  study  child  psychology. 

Nicole  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Boys  8c  Girls  Club  for  seven  years.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  swim  team,  the 
Keystone  Club  and  a  part-time  life¬ 
guard  at  the  Boys  8c  Girls  Club. 

As  the  2007  Boys  8c  Girls  Club 
Youth  of  the  Year  reagent,  Nicole 
received  a  $2,000  scholarship. 

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ALYSSA 

RODRIGUES, 

4,  shoots  a 
basket,  as  her 
cousin  Victoria 
Estrella,  17, 
and  staff 
member  Mike 
Grinnell,  16, 
both  Durfee 
students,  look 
on. 

Photos  by  RICK 
SNIZEK/Fall  River 
Spirit 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Jack  Foley 

Tim  St.  Michel  takes  a  little  ribbing  from  friends  as  hfe  test-drives  one  of  the  two 
new  treadmills  installed  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

Donor  gives  gym  a 
walk  to  remember 


The  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club,  Fall  River, 
recently  received  a 
donation  in  memory  of 
a  longtime  member. 

Connecticut  resi¬ 
dent  Jane  Ott  donated 
a  pair  of  LifeFitness 
9500HR  treadmills 
to  the  fitness  club 
in  honor  of  her  late 
father,  Marc  D’Marco. 


D'Majtp  loved 
the  Boys  Ciirli 
Club  and  .was  & 
lifetime 

of  the  gVtir  indl 
his  death  Par  Her 
this  year  4, t  age  97. 

The  new  tread¬ 
mills  arfi’  already 
proving  to  a 
popular  ‘attrac¬ 
tion,  as  shown  in 
the  photo  Abovi}, 


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By  RICK  SN1ZEK 

Editor 

Some  brightened  the  day 
for  elderly  city  residents. 

Several  helped  adults  sharpen 
their  computer  skills.  Oth¬ 
ers  organized  a  large-scale 
Halloween  party  to  give  their 
peers  a  safe  place  to  gather 
and  celebrate. 

Team  F.R.E.S.H  (Fall  River 
Extends  Supportive  Hands), 
in  collaboration  with  the 
Healthy  Youth  Task  Force,  had 
19  such  projects  to  select  from 
in  awarding  five  winners  in 
its  inaugural  2007  Red  Wagon 
Competition  last  week.  Each 
of  the  five  winning  organiza¬ 
tions  was  presented  with  a 
miniature  red  wagon  and  a 
certificate  for  their  efforts  in 
the  community. 

The  competition  was  a 
month-long  contest  in  Oc¬ 
tober  designed  to  promote 
civic  engagement  through 
community  service  projects  to 
fulfill  America's  Promise.  The 
members  ofTeam  F.R.E.S.H. 
judged  the  19  entrees  submit¬ 
ted,  which  included  neigh¬ 
borhood  clean-ups,  canned 
food  drives,  intergenerational 
activities  at  the  Jewish  Home 
and  hoop  tournaments. 

"What  really  impresses  me 
more  than  anything  are  the 
volunteers,"  Peter  McCarthy, 
executive  director  of  the  Boy's 
&  Girl’s  Club,  said  in  accepting 
the  award  with  members  of 
his  staff.  "We  had  more  than 
50  volunteers,  high  school 
kids  that  gave  of  their  time," 
so  the  Club  could  host  a  Hal¬ 
loween  party  for  city  youths. 

Along  with  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  the  five  awardees  in¬ 
cluded  Morton  Middle  School, 
for  providing  pins  and  cards  k 
to  the  residents  of  the  Catholic 
Memorial  Home;  Family  Ser¬ 
vice  Association,  for  providing 
an  event  called  Lights  on  After 
School  in  which  the  agency 
invited  parents  of  students  in 
their  programs  to  spend  time 
in  their  day  care  facilities; 
Bristol  Community  College’s 
Rotaract  Club,  for  presenting 
nine  different  programs  dur¬ 
ing  the  course  of  die  month  to 


help  the  community,  ranging 
from  hosting  a  Halloween 
party  for  the  children  of  St. 
Vincent’s  Home  to  sponsoring 
a  Clean  Water  for  the  World: 
Honduras  project;  and  finally, 
CD  Recreation  for  providing 
their  annual  Halloween  Party 
for  the  youth  of  the  city,  which 
was  attended  by  more  than 
1,500  people  Halloween  night. 

"Without  volunteers  a  lot 
of  this  good  work  cannot  be 
done,"  said  Jamison  Souza, 
program  coordinator  of  CD/ 
REC  and  co-chair  of  the  Youth 
Task  Force,  along  with  Chris1 
tian  McCloskey. 

The  Healthy  Youth  Task 
Force  is  a  group  designed  to 
be  an  advocate  on  youth  is¬ 
sues  in  the  Greater  Fall  River 
area  and  meets  once  a  month 
to  share  ideas  and  collaborate 
on  many  different  projects. 
The  group  created  Team 
F.R.E.S.H.  to  promote  the  five 
tenets  of  die  America's  Prom¬ 
ise  organization,  which  range 
from  recruiting  caring  adults 
to  help  them  in  their  mission 
to  serve  die  community  to 
searching  out  opportunities 
to  serve. 

"They  have  organized 


a  youth  forum,  met  with 
the  mayor  and  have  had  a 
resolution  passed  by  the  City 
Council  to  make  sure  that  in 
the  coming  years  youth  issues 
are  in  die  front  of  the  political 
forum,”  Souza  said. 

Teacher  Dawn  Farinha,  of 
Morton  Middle  School,  felt 


TEAM  EFFORT:  Some  of  the  many  groups  showing  their  sup¬ 
port  in  the  walk. 


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Boys  &  Girls  Club 
activities  listed 

Thontas  Chew'  Memorial  Boys _& 
Girls  Club  announces  programs  for 
this  week. 

Today,  Martin  Luther  King- Day. 
club  opens  from  10  a.m.  to  9  P_ITj  . 
early  bird  swim  at  10  a.m.; 
trip  to  Fort  Barton  1  p  m  ;  soccer? 
leagues,  opening  g'atpes  at  5pm., 
chesS  tournament  (qualifying, 
rounds)  atJe  pm.)  Monday  nighl 
special,  "Rapping,’  at  7pm..  bingo 
for  grab  oaks  at  8.. p  m. 

Tuesday..—  balloon  festival  in 
■  the  gvm\at  %>' p.m.  ‘ 

;  ■  Wednesday*  —  floor  hockey, 
opening  games  at  5  p.m  ,  billiards 
tournament  at  0  p  m;  (ayalifying 
'  rounds);  regulation  bowling  at  / 

P  Thdrsdav  —  marathon  night  at  * 
7  p.m,  b  ontests. id. various  events). 

Friday  unoVn  special. 
"Gremlins,”  at  6  30;  .,flmor  Board 
Dance,  from  7  to. .Iff  p.m. 

Saturday  —  movie  matinee, 
‘The  Ewok  AdverttuYes&at  2.  p.m... 
pet  show  at  2  p.m.,  ribbons  and 
prizes  awarded. 


the  exercise  taught  students 
the  value  of  actively  seeking 
to  better  their  community  in 
whatever  ways  they  can. 

"Eventually,  all  the  kids 
who  pass  through  my  door 
are  going  to  be  givers  and  give 
back  to  the  community," 
she  said. 


GRACE  GERLING  (ABOVE)  accepts  the  Red  Wagon  award  on 
behalf  of  CD  Recreation. 

AWARDEES  GATHER  (LEFT)  for  a  photo  following  the  cere¬ 
mony.  Omama  Marzuq,  seated  in  wagon,  and  Holly  Halstead,, 
left,  represent  BCC's  Rotaract  service  club;  Debbie  Cavanagh 
represents  the  Family  Service  Association's  After  School  Day 
Care;  Mimi  Larrivee  and  Ja'von  Pemberton  represent  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club;  Grace  Gerling  represents  CD  Recreation  and 
Dawn  Farinha  represents  the  Morton  Middle  School. 


Maplewood  registration 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Maplewood 
Independent  Youth  Baseball  League  will 
hold  registration  on  Sunday,  Jan.  27,  from  1 
to  4  p.m.  at  the  Liberal  Club,  20  Star  St. 

The  league  is  open  to  youngsters  age  4  to 
19.  The  first  50  applicants  will  receive  a  free 
Dominos  Pizza  card  worth  $10. 

Players  ages  4  to  12  will  receive  a  free 
end-of-season  banquet  ticket  and  a  trophy 
at  the  banquet.  Players  ages  13-19  will  also 
receive  a  free  banquet  ticket  and  teams  that 
win  a  championship  will  receive  a  trophy. 

A  registration  fee  will  be  due  at  the  time 
of  registration. 

All  returning  players  must  bring  uni¬ 
forms  if  they  did  not  return  them  at  the 
conclusion  of  last  year.  Managers  and 
volunteers  are  needed.  Anyone  who  is 


Local  Briefs 


interested  can  inquire  at  registration.  For 
further  information,  contact  John  at  508- 
676-9051. 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  winners 

FALL  RIVER  —  Alex  Caben,  David 
Correia,  Andrew  Lupachini,.  Peter  Nguyen, 
Brandon  Pankowski,  Austin  Pichard,  Tavon 
Pfres,  Samantha  Rego  and  Tyron  Rodericks 
were  the  winners  this  past  week  in  the 
goekey  competition  at  the  Chew  Boys  8c 
Girls  Club. 

In  air  hockey,  the  winners  were: 
Christopher  Anctil,  Devon  Barbosa,  James 
Ben,  Alex  Benjamin,  Athena  Caetano,  Sarai 
Suarz-Campos,  Kevin  Cotto,  Brendan 
Cuthill,  Cody  Dykeman,  Caterina  Faioes, 
Eric  Johnson,  Jahvis  Mason,  Jose  Mesabo, 
Kevin  Nhei,  Luiz  Ortiz,  Gorge  Pissaro, 


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Omar  Rojas,  Dayangely  Santiago,  Scott 
Sousa,  Scott  Souza,  Gage  Williams  and  Jake 
Williams. 

FRIBL  registration  Sunday 

FALL  RIVER  —  Registraion  for  the  new 
Fall  River  Independent  Baseball  League  will 
be  held  this  Sunday  at  the  Inside  the  Park 
batting  cages,  on  Plymouth  Ave,  from  5  to 
6  p.m. 

This  registration  is  for  players  ages  13 
through  20.  All  players  must  register. 

There  are  still  openings  for  the  20-and- 
over  division,  for  both  individuals  and 
teams.  (As  of  now,  there  are  1 1  teams  regis¬ 
tered  in  the  adult  division.) 

For  more  information,  contact  Norm 
Yelle  at  774-488-2413.  Players  can  also  reg¬ 
ister  by  logging  onto  www.fribl.net. 


New  playground 
to  be  built  in  a  day 

Deborah  Allard 

Herald  New  Siah  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Tbe  rebuilding  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  is  complete.  But  what’s  a  kid's 
club  without  a  slide  and  monkey  bars? 

At  long  last,  a  playground  will  be  built  outside  the 
club  in  a  fenced-in  area.  It’s  been  paid  for  with  two  major 
grants.  Nearly  200  volunteers  will  go  to  work  Tuesday  to 
see  that  construction  is  complete  by  the  end  of  the  day. 

"It’s  a  community  project,"  said  Peter  McCarthy,  execu¬ 
tive  director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club.  ‘Ys  agencies  and 
companies  and  board  members.” 

McCarthy  said  the  playground  will  fra  e  10  to  12  sta¬ 
tions  of  colorful  play  equipment,  newly  <’irfaced  ground. 
Turn  to  PLAYGROUND,  Page  AS 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradley 

Nicole  Astle  holds  a  drawing  of  the  new  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  playground  that 
will  be  built  Tuesday. 


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PLEASE  HELP 


Your 

Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club 

meet  a  $250,000  Challenge! 

$125,000  must  be  raised  to  complete  our 
Youth  Building! 

Call  Peter  at  505-672-6340  or 
pmccarthy@>fallriverbgc.org 
to  make  your  contribution  or  pledge  today!- 

The  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  has  been  a 
“Positive  Place  for  Kids"  for  116  years! 


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We  need  your  help  to  reach  our 
Youth  Building  goal! 


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Boys  &  Girls  Club  nets  $10,000  grant  for  increased  hours 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Bank  of  America  Charitable 
Foundation  has  given  $10,000  to  the  Boys  8c  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River  to  help  fund  Safe  and  Sound  Saturdays,  an 
initiative  that  increases  access  to  the  club  over  the  course 
of  31  Saturdays  beginning  Oct.  13. 

“We  are  very  excited  to  collaborate  with  Bank  of 
America  on  Safe  and  Sound  Saturdays,"  said  Peter 
McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River.  “Now  with  the  new  youth  building,  we 
want  the  club  to  be  open  as  much  as  possible  so  that  our 
members  know  that  they  have  a  place  to  come  as  often  as 
they  want.  However,  expanding  our  hours  of  operation 
is  expensive  so  we  are  thrilled  with  Bank  of  America  for 
their  generous  and  timely  support.” 


List  November,  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  dedicated  its 
new  18,000-square-foot  Robert  F.  Stoico/FIRSTFED 
youth  building  to  include  the  Rodgers  teen  center  and 
Earle  P.  Charlton  II  library.  Since  then,  the  club’s  mem¬ 
bership  has  grown  to  more  than  2,100  youth  and  teens 
and  after-school  attendance  has  increased  to  a  record  400 
kids  per  day.  The  club  anticipates  that  more  than  250 
members  will  use  the  club  on  Saturdays. 

“Bank  of  America  is  thrilled  to  partner  with  the  Fall 
River  Boys  8t  Girls  Club  to  fund  a  program  that  will  pro¬ 
vide  the  youth  in  this  community  a  safe,  healthy  environ¬ 
ment,"  said  Gwen  B.  Dadoly,  Southeastern  Massachusetts 
market  president,  Bank  of  America.  “Education  occurs 
both  inside  and  outside  the  classroom  during  weekdays 


and  weekends.  Through  this  program,  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  will  be  able  to  expand  its  services  to  farther  assist 
Fall  River’s  children.” 

Bank  of  America  has  embarked  on  an  10-year  goal 
to  give  $1.5  billion  to  nonprofit  organizations  engaged 
in  improving  the  quality  and  vitality  of  their  neighbor¬ 
hoods.  The  Bank  of  America  Charitable  Foundation  will 
give  more  than  $200  million  in  2007. 

Safe  and  Sound  Saturdays  is  free  of  charge  for  club 
members  with  programs  and  activities  that  include:  The 
Torch  Club,  homework  assistance,  a  reading  club,  arts 
&  crafts  classes,  the  Kids’  Cafe,  and  free  swim  and  swim 
lessons,  along  with  indoor  soccer  and  basketball  instruc¬ 
tional  leagues. 


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'hairwoman  of  the  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Club  Irene  Orlando,  left,  and 
;ver  School  Committee  member  Marilyn  Roderick  look  over  artist  depic- 
>f  what  the  new  Small  School  should  look  like  when  finished. 


When  Amber  Howard  started 
volunteering  three  years  ago  at  the 
Kids  Cafe  in  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  in  Fall 
River,  she  knew  she  had  an  interest  in 
the  culinary  arts.  But  she  had  no  idea 
quite  how  much  she  would  learn  work¬ 
ing  with  our  chef  Arlene  Omosefunmi. 

Now  a  high  school  senior  and  a  paid  Kids  Cafe  staff  member. 
Amber  assists  Arlene  five  days  a  week  in  preparing  a  hot  sup¬ 
per  for  up  to  250  at-risk  kids  who  come  to  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  after  school.  She’s  learned  how  to  come  up  with  practi¬ 
cal.  healthy,  and  tasty  preparations  using  products  they  receive 
from  The  Food  Bank  every  week.  She’s  learned  about  food 
safety.  And  she’s  learned  to  supervise  and  encourage  the 
younger  kids  who  pitch  in  with  serving  and  clean-up. 

But  so  much  more  goes  on  at  this  Kids  Cafe  and  The  Food 
Bank’s  five  others  in  eastern  Massachusetts  -  which  togeth¬ 
er  will  serve  more  than  50,000  meals  this  year  to  kids  who 
might  otherwise  go  hungry.  ’’Arlene  has  taught  me  how  to 
cook  and  a  lot  of  things,  not  just  about  cooking  but  also  about 
life,"  says  Amber  gratefully.  “I  can’t  think  of  what  else  I’d 
rather  be  doing  after  school.”  i$ 


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VOLUNTEERS  FROM  CITIZENS-UNION  SAVINGS  BANK  and  the  Fall  River 
Street  Tree  Planting  Program  stand  with  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  Executive  Director,  Peter  McCarthy,  behind  the  new  Valley  Forge  Elm  they 
planted  at  the  club’s  facilities  on  Bedford  Street.  From  left  to  right  are:  Mary  Ann 
Wordell,  president  of  FRSTPP,  Monica  Correia  ,  Tyler  Rocha,  Rath  Heing,  and 
Scott  Algarvio,  new  employees  of  Citizens-Union  Savings  Bank.  L  to  R  Back: 
Edmund  Sousa  and  Stephen  Plasski,  both  volunteers  from  FRSTPP,  Peter  Mc¬ 
Carthy,  executive  director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  and  Ann  Ramos  Desro- 
siers,  vice  president  of  Retail  Banking  with  Citizens-Union. 


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Building  upon  a  long-term  relationship  with  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club, 
Webster  Bank  has  awarded  a  $5,000  grant  to  the  Kids  Cafe  program  by  spon¬ 
soring  the  cost  of  preparing  nearly  1,700  meals.  Webster  Bank's  grant  was 
presented  by  Doreen  Plasski,  vice  president  and  the  Sullivan  Avenue  branch 
manager,  and  John  Wright,  vice  president  for  business  and  professional  banking. 
Accepting  the  grant  on  behalf  of  the  club  was  Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director,  and  club  members  Hayden  Tavares,  Mackenzie  Devoll  and  Ciara  Caban. 
Each  day  during  the  school  year,  more  than  200  meals  are  served  to  the  club's 
youth  and  teens,  making  this  Kids  Cafe  the  largest  in  Massachusetts. 


Treasure 
hunt 
awaits 
at  library 

TIVERTON  —  Tiverton 
Library  Services  is  celebrating 
“Union  Public  Library  Day" 
with  the  summer’s  sixth  chil¬ 
dren’s  summer  reading  club’ 
event:  “Get  a  Clue  @  Your 
Library!” 

Storyteller  Marc  Kohler, 
with  his  “Captain  Marcus 
Pirate  Show,”  will  visit 
Thursday,  Aug.  2,  at  10:30 
a.m.  at  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  hall,  28  Fish  Road. 
This  pirate’s  stories  will  give 
clues  that  lead  listeners  on  a 
treasure  hunt. 

The  45-minute  program 
is  free.  Although  this  event 
is  designed  for  children  ages 
4  to  10,  it’s  fan  for  both  kids 
and  adults  alike.  Doors  open 
at  10  a.m. 


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Feeding  Kids  this 

Summer  (continued  from  page  I) 
Year-round,  Kids  Cafe  provides  dis¬ 
advantaged  children  at  six  Boys  &  Girls 
Clubs  with  healthy,  balanced  suppers 
they  might  otherwise  lack.  And  very 
soon,  when  school  lets  out.  Kids  Cafe 
will  make  a  significant  switch  —  to  serving 
breakfasts  and  lunches  for  the  summer 
months.  This  is  especially  important  for 
kids  who  during  the  school  year  may 
be  sent  off  to  school  without  breakfast 
—  relying  on  a  subsidized  cafeteria  lunch 
for  something  to  eat  Soon,  with  school 
out  for  the  summer,  they’re  in  danger  of 
missing  that  midday  meal  as  well. 

While  feeding  hungry  children  is  the 
critical  core  of  what  we  do,  our  Kids 
Cafes  offer  invaluable  nourishment  of 
other  kinds.  Through  regular  mealtimes, 
children  get  a  sense  of  community,  well¬ 
being,  and  familiarity  that  may  be  absent 
at  home.  Through  well-balanced  menus 
incorporating  fresh  produce,  whole¬ 
some  breads,  and  quality  meats  and 
dairy,  they  get  not  just  food  but  the 
nutritionally  complete  food  necessary 
for  healthy  development.  And  through 
nutrition  education,  they  learn  what 
constitutes  a  healthy  snack  or  meal 
and  are  more  likely  to  carry  good  food 
choices  forward  in  their  lives. 

Perhaps  most  importantly,  Kids  Cafes 
are  a  popular  gathering  place  for  chil¬ 
dren  who  spend  long  hours  at  their  Boys 
&  Girls  Club,  often  well  into  the  evening. 
Our  chefs  constantly  impart  lessons  that 
range  from  teamwork  to  good  hand- 
washing  practices,  to  tasting  new  foods 
and  why  it’s  important  to  say  “thank 
you.”  Kids  clamor  to  help  out,  and  their 
self-esteem  grows  with  the  responsibility 
bestowed  by  a  respected  role  model. 

As  we  serve  lunches  this  summer,  we’ll 
be  affording  kids  the  chance  to  be  “just 
kids”  while  school  is  out  —  with  no  worries 
about  going  hungry.  Throughout  the 
year,  our  Kids  Cafes  welcome  children 
and  satisfy  them  in  so  many  ways.  ^ 


Citizens-Union  brings  nature, 


shade  to  Fall 

Citizens-Union  Savings  Bank  part¬ 
nered  with  the  Fall  River  Street  Tree  Plant¬ 
ing  Program  (FRSTPP),  recently,  to  bring 
two  Valley  Forge  elm  trees  to  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in 
Fall  River.  Citizens-Union  donated  the 
trees.  Newly-hired  employees  from  the 
bank,  along  with  "'IYee  Stewards"  trained 
by  the  Fall  River  Street  Tree  Planting  Pro¬ 
gram,  volunteered  to  help  out. 

The  two  elms,  placed  at  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  on  Bedford  Street  near  the  facil¬ 
ity's  basketball  courts,  will  provide  some 
shade  to  the  more  than  300  Fall  River  youth 
who  participate  in  the  organization’s  sum¬ 
mer  camp,  and  also  to  the  500  children 
who  are  involved  with  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  during  the  school  year. 

“We  are  very  excited  about  the.addition 
of  these  new  trees  to  our- site,’’  said  Peter 
McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the  Thom¬ 
as  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 
"It’s  a  great  thing  to  do  for  the  kids.  These 
trees  will  help  keep  them  cool  and  safe 
when  they’re  playing  outside,  especially 
during  the  hot  summer  months." 

The  Citizens-Union  employees  who 


River’s  youth 

helped  plant  the  elm  trees  are  all  recent 
graduates  of  B.M.C.  Durfee  High  School, 
and  were  recruited  from  the  high  school’s 
recent  Job  and  Opportunity  Fair.  Their 
participation  in  the  tree  planting  served  as 
their  introduction  to  the  bank’s  corporate 
citizenship  expectations. 

“Citizens-Union  Savings  Bank  is  happy 
and  proud  to  support  worthy  organiza¬ 
tions  in  our  community,  like  the  Boys' 
and  Girls  Club  and  the  Fall  River  Street 
Tree  Planting  Program,”  said  President 
and  CEO  at  Citizens-Union,  Nicholas 
Christ.  “We  try  to  cultivate  the  value  of 
community  service  in  our  employees  at 
Citizens-Union  from  the  day  they  start, 
which  is  why  we  asked  our  newest  em¬ 
ployees  to  get  involved  with  this  project." 

According  to  Mary  Ann  Wordell,  presi¬ 
dent  of  FRSTPP,  the  Valley  Forge  elm  is  a 
variation  of  the  American  elm  that  is  ideal 
for  an  urban  environment.  It  is  also  a  va¬ 
riety  that  has  been  shown  to  resist  Dutch 
elm  disease,  a  common  tree  disease  that 
has  killed  more  than  70  million  American 
elms.  The  Valley  Forge  elm  grows  to  be  ap¬ 
proximately  60  to  80  feet  tall. 


Kool  Kids  Club 
announces  start 


FALL  RIVER  — The 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  is 
announcing  the  start  of 
this  year’s  Kool  Kids  Club. 
Members  in  kindergarten, 
first  and  second  grade  will  ‘ 
meet  every  other  Saturday  at 
the  club.  They  will  plan  dif-  . 
ferent  games  Jo  play,  go  on  , 
field  trips,  view  movies  andj£ 
have  special  parties. 

For  more  information 


urants:  United  Way 
give  services  a  boost 


From  Page  A1 

McCarthy  said.  “It’s  for  drop- 
in  activities.  We  see  250  kids  a 
day.” 

The  club  also  received  a  $5,000 
grant  to  continue  its  after-school 
programs. 

Sharon  Ford,  vice  president  of 
adult  services  at  the  Family  Service 
Association,  said  funding  was 
received  for  two  of  the  organiza¬ 
tion’s  programs.  It  received  $4,859 
to  develop  Arts  for  All  Ages,  an 
intergenerational  multimedia  arts 
program  for  senior  citizens. 

The  Family  Service  Association 
also  received  $1,357  for  a  new 
book  club  for  its  Big  Friends, 
Little  Friends  mentoring  group  to 
improve  childrens’  reading. 

The  YMCA  received  $8,000  to 
'  introduce  healthy  lifestyle  con¬ 
cepts  to  children  and  their  families 
in  an  effort  to  combat  obesity.  It 
also  received  $5,000  for  its  Even 
Start  Family  Literacy  Program  to 
promote  reading  skills  and  basic 
literacy  at  multiple  levels  within 
•  a  family. 

South  Coastal  Counties  Legal 
Services  Inc.  received  two  grants. 
A  $4,000  grant  will  benefit  its 
Cambodian  Elder  Law  Project  to 
offer  legal  help  to  the  growing 
population  of  elder  Cambodian 
residents.  It  also  received  $6,000 
for  Project  Grace,  which  offers 
guardianship  information  to 
grandparents  raising  their  grand- 
cliildrcn. 

The  Alcoholism  Council  of 
Greater  Fall  River  will  offer  Project 
New  Beginnings  with  $4,000  in 
grant  funding  to  support  home¬ 
less  individuals  and  families  and 


offer  counseling,  intervention  and 
education. 

Another  $4,000  grant  will  ben¬ 
efit  Community  Development 
Recreation’s  Neighborhood 
Fitness  and  Wellness  Center  and 
the  development  of  new  services, 
like  yoga  and  tai  chi  classes. 

Henry  Lord  Middle  School 
will  use  a  $3,000  grant  for  its 
Community  Service  Club. 
Students  will  visit  Southpointe 
Rehabilitation  and  Skilled  Care 
Center  and  assist  residents  with 
their  activities,  like  cooking  and 
letter  reading. 

The  Katie  Brown  Education  ! 
Program  will  use  its  $5,000  grant 
to  eliminate  relationship  violence 
among  young  people.  The  goal 
is  to  create  a  school  environment 
in  which  abuse  of  others  is  not 
tolerated. 

The  Residential  Care 
Consortium’s  LOFT  program 
received  $3,333  to  help  provide 
transitional  living  assistance  to 
people  coming  out  of  shelters  and 
with  other  homeless  situations. 

A  $5,000  grant  to  SER-Jobs  for  1 
Progress  will  serve  older  immi-  1 
grants  with  a  twice-weekly  eve¬ 
ning  group  where  there  will  be 
general  activities,  guest  speakers 
and  crafts. 

Stanley  Street  Treatment  and 
Resources  received  $7,600  to  con¬ 
tinue  and  expand  its  Parenting 
Wisely  and  Project  ALERT  pro¬ 
grams  and  its  program  for  youths 
affected  by  substance  abuse  by 
family  members. 


E-mail  Deborah  Allard  at 

DALALR0@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


Generous  Donation 


Submitted  Photo 

The  Fall  River  Lodge  of  Elks  No.  118  presented  a  check  for  $1,000  to  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
through  proceeds  raised  at  their  annual  golf  tournament.  Pictures  left  to  right  are  Exalted  Ruler 
Stephen  Curran,  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Director  Peter  McCarthy,  and  Golf  Tournament  Coordinator 
Arthur  Bouchard. 


LETTERsTo  THE  EDITOR 

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On  behalf  of  the  students  and 
staff  of  the  ACESE  Program.  I’d 
like  to  express  my  appreciation  to 
Peter  McCarthy  and  the  staff  of 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  for  their  generosity 
and  hospitality. 

Peter  graciously  provided  both 
space  at  the  club  and  transporta¬ 
tion,  which  allowed  about  100 
elementary  students  with  special 
needs  to  attend  two  artistic  per¬ 
formances.  Our  students  and 
teachers  were  spellbound  watching 
Rob  Surettc  paint  portraits  of 
heroes  such  as  Martin  Luther 
King,  lr.  (which  he  painted  upside 
down!-)  and  Beethoven,  and  were 
amazed  watching  Scott  Jameson’s 
demonstrations  of  various  types 


of  communication  —  with  some 
very  enthusiastic  assistance  from 
■audience  members. 

The  willingness  of  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  to  assist  our 
students  with  special  needs  in 
enjoying  quality  enrichment  activ¬ 
ities  makes  it  a  leader  in  showing 
the  benefits  of  community  part¬ 
nerships.  Not  only  did  Peter  pro¬ 
vide  transportation  for  the  classes 
that  had  none,  he  drove  the  bus, 
personally! 

We  arc  grateful  for  the  dub 
and  its  willingness  to  reach  out 
to  our  diverse  population  of  stu¬ 
dents. 

Kim  Sutherland 
Special  Needs  Teacher 


The  Fall  River  Spirit.  Fall  River,  MA 


Id  MW 


Ripken:  Boys  and  Girls  Clubbers 
learn  lessons  in  baseball,  life 


FURTHERING  COMPASSION 


CONTINUED  FROM  A1 
during  their  four-day  trip  to 
the  Ripken  Baseball  Camp  at 
Aberdeen,  Md.,  about  35  miles 
north  of  Baltimore.  "It  was  a 
great  experience." 

And  one  might  be  surprised 
to  learn  that  playing  baseball 
is  not  the  major  focus  of  the 
Ripken  Experience  Camps, 
which  are  run  by  Cal  Ripken  Jr 
and  his  brother  Bill. 

“They  teach  you  how  to  be 
a  better  person  than  a  better 
baseball  player,”  Coderre  says. 

Days  and  nights  are  filled 
with  fun  activities  all  with  a 
central  theme:  Always  exhibit 
good  sportsmanship. 

The  group  stayed  at  a 
nearby  campground  along 
with  peers  from  13  different 
states  to  enjoy  the  Ripken  Ex¬ 
perience  Camp.  The  students 
also  practiced  teamwork  on  a 
rope  course,  and  climbed  an 
indoor  rock  wall.  They  also 
had  fun  using  a  zip  line,  and 
they  took  kayaks  out  on  a  lake 
and  even  went  water  tubing. 

Those  taking  part  in  the 
camp  each  received  a  full 
baseball  uniform,  as  well  as 
and  other  souvenirs  from 


Coderre  says  it  was  one 
the  club’s  board  members 
suggested  that  the  club 
for  a  grant  under  the 
for  Baseball  program, 
local  children  to  the 
amp.  Badges  for 
partners  with  local 
enforcement  agencies  to 
young  people  make  posi- 
choices  in  their  lives. 

Over  the  summer,  a  former 
Sox  hurler  who  now 
for  Bristol  County  Dis- 
Atty.  Sam  Sutter  spent  an 
at  Camp  Welsh. 
Brian  Rose  came  down 
heraio  News  phoios  |  davi  souza  fir  a  day  and  was  an  honor- 

Motivational  speaker  Darryl  Williams,  above  and  below,  speaks  to  children  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  iry  umpire  in  a  game  against 

and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River  Thursday  night.  He  was  paralyzed  in  a  racially  motivated  shooting  when  he  was  15  "  •-  ‘  "  - 

years  old. 


Thursday.  October  1 6. 2008  5 

PHOTO  BY  RICK  SNIZEK/ 

Fall  River  Spirit 

SPECIAL  SOUVENIR: 

Adam  Coderre,  left,  and 
Chris  Anctil  hold  a  souvenir 
bat  they  brought  back  to  the 
club  that  was  signed  by  for¬ 
mer  Baltimore  Orioles  player 
Bill  Ripken. 


PHOTO  BY  RICK  SNIZEK/Fall  River  Spirit 

INKED:  A  close-up  of  the  bat  the  group  brought  back  to  the 
club  signed  by  former  Baltimore  Orioles  player  Bill  Ripken. 


Spreading  tolerance 


Hate  crime 
victim  speaks 
on  forgiveness 


John  Moss 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Darryl 
Williams  dreamed  of 
becoming  a  National 
Football  League  player. 

But  as  a  15-year-old  star 
wide  receiver  for  Jamaica 
Plain  High  School,  he  was 
struck  down  by  a  sniper's 
bullet  in  a  racially  motivated 
attack  during  halftime  of  a 
game  at  Charlestown  High 
School. 

Paralyzed  from  the  neck 
down  and  in  a  wheelchair, 
Williams  bears  no  grudge 
against  the  shooter  or 
anyone  for  his  fate. 

Thursday  night,  he  urged 
hundreds  of  youngsters  at 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  to  have 
the  same  attitude. 

Waking  up  in  a  hospital 
room  after  being  in  a  coma 
for  nearly  a  week,  Williams 
said  his  mother  and  uncle 
were  at  the  foot  of  his  bed. 
When  his  mother  told  him 
he  had  been  shot,  he  said 
he  could  not  believe  it.  But 
even  more  shocking  to  him 
was  why  she  said  he  was 
shot. 

“Because  you  were  black,” 
she  told  him. 

He  said  he  heard  of 
racism  as  a  youth,  “but  it 
made  no  sense  to  me.” 

Knowing  his  mother  was 
hurting  badly  for  what  had 
happened  to  him,  Williams 
said  he  told  her,  “Well,  I  can 
have  an  electric  wheelchair." 

He  explained,  “I  didn’t 
want  to  see  my  mother  suf¬ 
fering  any  more  than  she 
was  suffering.” 

His  friends  visited  him  in 
the  hospital  and  asked  him  if 
he  wanted  them  to  retaliate 
against  white  people. 

He  said  he  told  them, 

“No.  Two  wrongs  don’t 
make  a  right.” 

“Because  of  my  situation, 
if  anyone  had  a  reason  to 
hate  or  hurt  someone  for 
what  was  done  to  them,  I 
was  a  prime  candidate,"  he 
said.  “But  I  would  have  been 
ignorant  had  I  told  the  guys 

V 


Bedford,"  says  Coderre  of 
who  now  works  in  Com- 
and  Out- 
the  Bristol  County 
Office, 
visit  that 
club  decided  to  pursue  a 
to  send  some  of  its  dedi¬ 
cated  youths  to  the  baseball 
camp. 

Known  as  baseball’s  "Iron 
Man,"  Cal  Ripken  Jr.  retired 
from  baseball  in  Oct.,  2001, 
after  21  seasons  with  the  Bal¬ 
timore  Orioles.  Most  notably, 
he  is  one  of  only  seven  players 


in  baseball  history  to  slug  400 
home  runs  and  3,000  hits. 

In  1995,  Ripken  broke  Lou 
Gehrig’s  record  for  consecu¬ 
tive  games  played  (2,130).  He 
voluntarily  ended  his  streak 
in  1998  after  playing  2,632 
consecutive  games. 

Along  with  his  brother  Bill, 
Cal  Jr.  serves  as  lead  instructor 
for  Ripken’s  Experience  Camp, 
which  comprises  some  nine 
different  baseball  fields  in  a 
sports  education  complex  off 
Rte.  95  in  Aberdeen,  Md.  They 
also  travel  nationally  to  hold 
youth  clinics  during  the  year. 

Coderre  and  the  five  stu¬ 
dents  traveled  to  the  camp  by 
Greyhound  bus,  one  of  three 
organizations  from  South¬ 
eastern  Massachusetts  which 
collectively  sent  about  30 
students  to  the  Ripken  Camp 
just  before  the  start  of  the 
school  year. 

"The  main  ball  field  was 
probably  the  best  ball  field 
I’ve  ever  set  foot  on,"  says 
Coderre.  "It  was  a  great  expe¬ 
rience  and  we’d  love  to  run  the 
program  for  more  kids  in  Fall 
River.” 


PHOTO  COURTESY 
OF  ADAM  CODERRE 

GETTING  READY:  Chris  Anc¬ 
til  on  the  field  during  a  training 
session. 

If  you  have  an  idea  for 
a  feature  story,  please  e- 
mail  Editor  Rick  Snizek  at: 
editor@fallriverspirit.com. 


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ly  RICK  SNIZEK 

all  River  Spirit  Editor 
It  was  a  lesson  in  sports¬ 
manship  that  Chris  Anctil 
rill  remember  for  a  very  long 
me. 

Anctil,  12,  a  Morton 
liddle  School  student, 
as  learned  much  from  his 
oaches  and  teammates 
s  he  has  rotated  between 
itcher,  catcher  and  third 
laseman  for  the  Dodgers 
if  the  Fall  River  National 
-eague  at  Dumont  Field  for 
he  last  four  years. 

But  last  month,  he  went 
traight  to  the  head  of  the 
lass  for  a  lesson  from  one  of 
le  greatest  baseball  players 
F  all  time.  Anctil  was  one  of 
»ur  members  of  the  Thomas 
hew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
!ub  selected  to  attend  a 
uque  baseball  camp  in 
aryl  and  run  by  Baltimore 
Spies  great  Cal  Ripken  Jr. 

“It  was  amazing  there,  all 
/e  staff  were  so  nice,"  says 
hctil,  whose  goals  include 
(laying  baseball  in  high 
/chool  at  Diman  Regional, 
before  taking  the  diamond  as 
college  player. 

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I  Manchester,  left,  Evan 


freshman  Evan  Batista,  14; 
Durfee  freshman  Michael 
Manchester,  14;  and  Mark 
Massa  Jr.,  12,  of  Lakeville. 

“Most  of  the  time,  we 
learned  about  sportsman¬ 
ship,"  says  Anctil. 


The  four  were  selected  for 
the  leadership  skills  they’ve 
exhibited  at  the  club  this  year 
and  in  its  Camp  Welsh  sum¬ 
mer  program. 

"They  showed  a  leader¬ 
ship  role  at  the  summer 


camp  this  year  and 
deserved  it,"  says  A 
Coderre,  the  club's 
ogy  education  and 
tion  director,  who  s 
chaperone  of  the  st 

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to  do  what  they  wanted  to 
do.” 

While  recovering  in  the 
hospital,  he  used  the  ser¬ 
vices  of  a  tutor  to  continue 
his  high  school  education, 
eventually  graduating  from 
the  Massachusetts  Hospital 
School  in  Canton. 

Williams  went  on  to 
study  at  the  University 
of  Massachusetts  Boston 
and  Roxbury  Community 
College.  In  February  1987, 
he  began  his  quest  as  a  moti¬ 
vational  speaker  and  facili¬ 
tator. 

After  giving  a  series 
of  intriguing  speeches  to 
rave  reviews  in  Honolulu, 
Hawaii,  Williams  knew  he 
had  embarked  on  a  venture 
much  needed  in  society:  dis¬ 
semination  of  forgiveness 
and  compassion. 

He  has  spoken  to  thou¬ 
sands  of  teenage  students  on 
denouncing  racism,  diversity 
awareness,  dispelling  stereo¬ 
types,  violence  prevention, 
school  success,  personal 
empowerment  and  conflict 
resolution. 

Although  subjected  to 
peer  pressure  as  many  young 
people  are,  Williams  said  he 
refused  to  try  cocaine  one 
day  after  football  practice 
because  he  thought  about 
his  mother.  The  guy  urging 
him  to  try  it  threatened 
to  tell  his  teammates  he 
“wimped  out." 

“If  she  found  out  I  took 
something  like  that,  she 
would  have  literally  slapped 
the  taste  out  of  rfiy  mouth,” 
he  said.  But  furthermore, 
he  said  he  did  not  want  to 
“live  with  disappointing  my 
mother.” 

About  two  hours  later, 
he  said  he  saw  the  same  guy 


THEY 
SAID  IT 

“Others  are 
affected  by  your 
decisions.  Think 
about  what  you 
want  in  life  and 
what  your  family 
wants  for  you." 

—  Darryl  Williams,  motiva¬ 
tional  speaker  and  victim  of  a 
racially  motivated  shooting. 


handcuffed  in  the  back  of  a 
police  cruiser.  Williams  said 
the  guy  subsequently  did 
15  years  in  prison  for  drug 
dealing. 

“If  I  had  got  involved,  my 
family  and  friends  would 
have  been  disappointed,” 
he  explained.  “I  made  the 
right  decision  ...  Others  are 
affected  by  your  decisions. 
Think  about  what  you  want 
in  life  and  what  your  family 
wants  for  you,”  he  said. 

Williams  .wished  that  his 
audience  would  heed  his 
words. 

“I  hope  that  all  of  you, 
even  at  least  one  of  you, 
will  embrace  what  I  said 
and  think  about  it,”  he  told  [ 
them. 

He  further  advised  them 
to  choose  their  friends  care¬ 
fully. 

Of  those  who  thought 
they  were  running  around 
with  “friends,”  Williams 
said,  “I  know  many  who  are 
in  jail  and  many  more  in  the  j 
graveyard.” 

E-mail  John  Moss  at 

JMOSS@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


New  England  Gas 
awards  a  grant 

FALL  river  _  New 
England  Gas  continued  its 
support  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club’s 
Kids  Cafe  by  awarding  a  grant 
of  $5,000. 

On  March  13,  New  England 
Gas  Chief  Operating  Officer 
David  Black,  marketing  man¬ 
ager  James  Carey,  and  sales  rep¬ 
resentative  Chris  Ferri,  joined 
the  staff  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  to 
serve  dinner  at  the  Kids  Cafe,  a 
program  created  in  2005. 

As  the  largest  child  care 
Provider  in  the  city  of  Fall 
River,  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
offers  programming  every  day 
after  school  and  on  Saturdays 
throughout  the  school  year. 

In  collaboration  with  the 
Boston  Food  Bank,  the  Kids 
Cafe  offers  nutritious  snacks 
and  meals  to  youth  members 
free  of  charge. 


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On  Wednesday,  Comcast  and 
Comcast  SportsNet  tipped  off  their 
2008-09  FanCaster  Tour  at  the  Fall 
River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  by  hosting  a 
TV  workshop.  The  1 1-city  tour  intro¬ 
duces  middle  and  high  school  students 
across  New  England  to  careers  in  the 
media. 

Valente  was  presented  tickets  to  the 
Celtics-New  Orleans  Hornets  game 
on  Dec.  12,  where  she  will  appear  on 
camera  during  the  telecast. 

'Tm  so  very  excited,”  Valente  said 
after  being  announced  the  auditions 
winner.  'Tve  played  volleyball,  but  never 
played  basketball,”  she  commented. 

The  B.M.C.  Durfee  High  School 
junior  was  judged  the  best  of  25  audi- 
tioners. 

Before  the  auditions,  Comcast 
SportsNet’s  Greg  Dickerson  conducted 


a  mini-TV  workshop  with  youngsters 
to  help  them  prepare  for  their  audi¬ 
tions  and  teach  them  the  secrets  of 
being  a  sports  reporter. 

“It’s  great  to  see  the  enthusiasm 
of  the  kids,”  said  Skip  Perham  of 
Comcast  SportsNet.  “These  young  kids 
have  an  idea  of  what  they  want  to  do 
and  this  gives  them  the  experience  and 
a  chance  they  might  not  ever  have." 

Mimi  Larrivee,  the  club’s  teen 
director,  was  impressed  with  the  work¬ 
shop  and  auditioning. 

“Greg  did  a  very  good  job  of 
presenting  it  to  the  kids,”  she  said. 
“They’re  motivated  and  this  will  be 
successful  even  if  only  one  of  them 
pursues  a  career  in  the  media.  It  gets 
them  thinking." 

E-mail  John  Moss 
AT  JMOSS@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


FALL  RIVER 


Above,  videographer  T.J.  Powers  tapes  Brian  Carbajal  Wednesday  as  part  of  a  workshop  and  audition  at  the  Fall  River  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  to  become  an  on-camera  sportscaster  during  Comcast  SportsNet's  "Celtics  Post  Game  Live"  show.  Below,  Brandon 
Pankowski  interviews  sportscaster  Greg  Dickerson. 

Lights,  camera,  sports  talk 


John  Moss 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  One  by  one  they  entered  the  small 
auditioning  room,  held  a  microphone,  looked  into 
a  video  camera  and  read  a  brief  Boston  Celtics  game 
promo. 

When  it  was  over,  16-year-old  Kendra  Valente  of  this 
city  emerged  the  winner  of  Celtics  tickets  and  the  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  tape  an  on-camera  “stand-up”  that  will  appear 
on  Comcast  SportsNet’s  “Celtics  Post  Game  Live”  show. 


'  -”‘r" . . 

To  Darryl  Williams,  who  delivered  an 
inspiring  message  of  peace  and  forgiveness 
to  children  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  Thursday.  Williams, 
paralyzed  from  the  neck  down  after  a  racially  moti¬ 
vated  shooting,  would  have  as  much  reason  as  anyone 
to  feel  anger  and  the  desire  for  revenge.  But  he  chose  a 
different  path  and  encourages  others  to  do  the  same. 

A  star  receiver  for  lamiaca  Plain  High  School  with 
dreams  of  one  day  playing  in  the  National  Football 
League,  Williams  was  shot  by  a  sniper’s  bullet  during 
halftime  of  a  game  at  Charlestown  High  School  when 
he  was  just  15  years  old.  After  a  week  in  a  coma, 
Williams  woke  up  unable  to  move.  He  has  used  a 
wheelchair  ever  since. 

But  rather  than  wallow  in  anger  or  self-pity, 
Williams  embarked  on  a  quest  to  help  young’  ’ 
people.  He  has  spoken  to  thousands  of  teenagers, 
denouncing  racism,  dispelling  stereotypes  and 
teaching  violence  prevention,  personal  empower¬ 
ment  and  conflict  resolution.  His  message  of  com¬ 
passion  and  forgiveness  is  truly  inspiring. 


Thursday,  November  13, 2008  7 


BEWARE 

THE 

ZOMBIES!: 

Cody  Victo¬ 
ria,  left,  and 
Brandon  Pan- 
kowski,  right, 
are  among 
those  taken 
captive  by  the 
creatures  that 
night. 


Haunted  Happenings 
at  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Halloween  Party 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  attracted  more  than  300  visitors  this 
year  for  its  annual  free  Halloween  Party,  which  included  one  of 
the  spookiest  haunted  houses  to  be  found  anywhere. 


Photos  by  RICK  SNIZEK/Fall  River  Spirit  Editor 


SKYLA  MATTHEWS,  5,  tries  her  hand  at  a  game  of  golf.  Be¬ 
low:  Brittany  Benjamin  seems  to  have  no  choice  but  to  wait  for 
the  next  group  of  Haunted  House  visitors  to  try  to  save  her. 


HEROIC  EFFORTS 

Five-year-old  Jessica  Reid  and  her  Mom  Renae 
paused  at  the  Forever  Paws  display  poster  of  animals 
at  the  Fall  River  Shaw's  Market  on  Saturday,  Oct.  1 1 
where  they  met  Catwoman  (Melody  Reeo)  and  Bat¬ 
man  (Mark  Estrom).  Jessica  placed  her  donation  into 
the  Batman  helmet  in  a  fund-raiser  to  benefit  the  For- 
evfer  Paws  No-Kill  Animal  Shelter.  Photo  by  del  furtado/ 
Fall  River  Spirit 


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MILES  OF  SMILES:  Imalay  Morales, 

12,  left,  Chandary  Chamm,  14,  Devinie 
Alves,  13,  and  Angela  Amaral,  9,  staff 
one  of  the  game  booths,  above. 

FRIGHT  NIGHT:  Staff  members  prepare 
to  give  visitors  the  scare  of  the  their 
lives,  left 

GETTING  THROUGH  THE  WORST 

OF  IT:  A  group  heads  through  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club's  famed  Haunted  House, 
below. 


KHADIE  TOURRE: 

gets  the  best  of 
Lukas  Haskell,  7, 
a  student  at  the 
Spencer  Borden 
School,  during  a 
game  in  which  the 
player  is  supposed 
to  pop  a  ballon  by 
sitting  on  it. 


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Herald  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradu 


Swirling 

Naomi  ‘Otter’  Johnson,  a  Pueblo  Indian,  twirls  around  the  main  circle  at  the  Honor  the  Children 
Fall  River  last  week.  The  event  also  featured  American  Indian  drumming,  crafts  and  storytelling. 


PowWow  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


Shawl  dance 


Dave  "Gray  Water"  Smith  —  a  Pokanoet/Wampanoag  —  holds  up  a 
buffalo  dub  during  the  women's  shawl  dance  last  week  at  the  Honor 
the  Children  Pow  Wow  by  the  Pocasset  Wampanoag  Tribe  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River.  The  event  featured  drums,  dance,  food,  story¬ 
tellers  and  crafts. 


Herald  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradley 


Gone 

clubbing 


port  of  the  Kids  Cafe,  which  began  in  2005. 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  offers  programme  after  school  Bos»n  Stanf  Mds™!  provides 

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,es  as  many  as  1 50  youths  a  healthy  lunch. 

lb,  NewTngland  Gas  Marketing  ^Manager  iamerc^rey^and  sal«'r^  prepare  a 


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Boys  &  Girls  Club  winners 

hnth ^  Ef  ~  Thm'  were  scveral  winners  in 
bo*  the  arr  hockey  and  team-billiards  competitions 
at  the  Chew  Boys  and  Girls  Club  recently. 

lhc!vi,mcrs  included  Christopher 
1  l^  '  DcVyn  Barbosa,  Savanna 

&uber  I  *1  C°dy  genian,  Destiny 

Gruber,  Israel  Martmez,  Richard  Otero,  Benii 

AbrXm  Quee"’ Nelson  Riwra, 

Abraham  Sabeh  and  Gage  Williams, 

fr.jH,  'catn-billiards  the  victors  were  tile  teams  of 
Khalil  Ayoud  and  Tiffany  Diamond,  Peter  Costa 

•  Ra i  Satla80'  Luis  Dur”n  and  Malcol 

taerne,  Johnathon  Hidalgo  and  Eva  Mono,  Andrew 

W  Wafa  y'a  “nd  ArShad  Sy'd  a"d 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  fundraiser 

sPa8het,i  anti  meatball  dinner 
will  be  held  at  lakes  Saloon.  1193  Pleasant  St.  on 

b! mfc  r' T'rt i7 £“h  proceeds  Suing  to  benefit  the 
Boy,  &  Girls  Clubs  senior  basketball  division. 

Tickets  are  $20.00  per  person.  To  order  or  get 
more  information  call  508-287-1954. 


Submitted  Photo 

Irene  Orlando,  left,  was  recently  elected  chairperson-elect  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River.  At  right  is  outgoing  Chair 
man  John  Feitelberg. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  FR 
elects  new  officers 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 
held  its  118th  annual  meeting 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  last 
Wednesday. 

Highlighting  the  event  was 
the  election  of  officers  and 
new  board  members  as  well 
as  a  special  award  to  outgoing 
Chairman  John  Feitelberg.  In 
recognition  of  his  eight  years 


as  chairman  $nd  his  leadership 
during  the  club’s  recently  con¬ 
cluded  capital  campaign  and 
building  expansion,  incoming 
Chairperson  Irene  Orlando 
presented  ’  John  Feitelberg 
with  the  Bpys  &  Girls  Club 
of  America  national  Service  to 
Youth  Award. 

Newly  elected  officers  are 
as  follows:  Vice  Chairman, 


Jamie  Karam;  Treasurer,  Joan 
Medeiros;  Secretary,  Ned 
Power. 

Newly  elected  board  mem¬ 
bers:  Becca  Collins  and  Joseph 
Correia. 

Board  members  re-elected 
to  three  year  terms:  Bernard 
McDonald,  James  Karam, 
Christian  Lafrance,  Jo  Anne 
O’Neil  and  Paul  Kelly. 


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Webster  Bank  Awards  $3,000  to  u  ^  ' Oo^ 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  Kids  Cafe 


RIGHT:  Knud  Hellested  II  and  Doreen  Plasski  with  the  youth  of  the  Club's 
Cooking  Club  display  their  Webster  Bank  cake. 


On  Tuesday,  July  22n£*,  Knud 
Hcllestcd  II  Webster  Bank’s  Vice  Pres¬ 
ident  and  Market  Manager  for  South¬ 
ern  Massachusetts  and  Doreen  Plass¬ 
ki,  Vice  President  and  Manager  of  the 
Webster  branch  on  Sullivan  Drive  in 
Fall  River,  celebrated  a  $3,000  grant 
supporting  the  Kids  Cafe  with  the 
youth  of  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club.  Hellested  and 
Plasski  joined  a  number  of  young 
Club  members  to  decorate  a  Webster 
Bank  cake  that  the  Cooking  Club  had 
baked  earlier  in  the  day. 

As  the  largest  child  care  provider  in 
the  City  of  Fall  River,  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
offers  programs  every  day  after-school 
as  well  as  Safe  and  Sound  Saturdays 
throughout  the  school  year.  In  collab¬ 
oration  with  the  Boston  Food  Bank, 
the  Kids  Cafe  offers  nutritious  snacks 
and  meals  to  youth  members  free  of 
charge.  On  weekdays,  the  Kids  Cafe 
provides  as  many  as  200  youth  an 
afternoon  snack  and  dinner.  On  Sat¬ 
urdays  during  the  school  year,  the 
Kid’s  Cafe  serves  as  many  as  150 
youth  a  healthy  lunch. 

“Year-round,  the  Fall  River  Boys  & 
Girls  Club’s  Kids  Cafe  program  fulfills 
a  vital  need  for  children  in  this  com¬ 
munity,”  said  Brenda  Farrell,  Assis¬ 
tant  Vice  President  and  Public  Affairs 
for  Webster  Bank.  “We  are  very  happy 
that  we  were  able  to  find  a  way  to 
help.” 

“We  are  pleased  to  welcome  Web¬ 
ster  Bank’s  ongoing  generous  support 
of  the  Kids  Cafe,”  stated  Peter 
McCarthy,  the  Club’s  Executive 
Director,  “Webster  Bank’s  investment 
over  the  past  three  years  has  provided 
thousands  of  youth  with  nutritious 


and  delicious  meals.  Kids  Cafe  has 
become  a  service  that  many  Club  fam¬ 
ilies  truly  count  on.” 

The  mission  of  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club  (the 
Club)  is  to  “inspire  and  enable  all 
young  people,  especially  those  who 
need  us  most,  to  realize  their  full 
potential  as  productive,  responsible 
and  caring  citizens.”  Added  to  the 
mission  statement  is  our  core  belief 
that  we  will  provide:  a  safe  place  to 
learn  and  grow;  ongoing  relationship 
with  caring,  adult  professionals;  life- 
enhancing  programs  and  character 
development  experiences;  and  hope 
and  opportunity. 

For  more  information  about  the 
Club’s  programs  please  call  Peter 
McCarthy  508-672-6340. 

Webster  Financial  Corporation  is 
the  holding  company  for  Webster 
Bank,  National  Association.  With 
$17.5  billion  in  assets,  Webster  pro¬ 
vides  business  and  consumer  banking, 
mortgage,  financial  planning,  trust 
and  investment  services  through  181 
banking  offices,  484  ATMs,  telephone 
banking  and  the  Internet.  Webster 
Bank  owns  the  asset-based  lending 
firm  Webster  Business  Credit  Corpo¬ 
ration,  the  insurance  premium 
finance  company  Budget  Installment 
Corp.,  Center  Capital  Corporation, 
an  equipment  finance  company  head¬ 
quartered  in  Farmington,  Connecti¬ 
cut  and  provides  health  savings 
account  trustee  and  administrative 
services  through  HSA  Bank,  a  divi¬ 
sion  of  Webster  Bank.  Member  FDIC 
and  equal  housing  lender.  For  more 
information  about  Webster,  including 
past  press  releases  and  the  latest  annu¬ 
al  report,  visit  the  Webster  website  at 
www.WebsterOnline.com. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  soccer 
registration 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Chew 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  will  hold  reg¬ 
istration  lor  its  indoor  soccer 
leagues  for  boys  and  girls,  starting 
on  Saturday,  Nov.  1,  at  1  p.m. 

There  will  be  two  leagues,  one 
for  boys  and  girls  in  the  second 
through  fifth  grades  and  one  for 
the  girls  in  the  fourth  through 
^  the  eighth  grades. 

-  The  second  to  fifth  grade 
league  will  register  on  Nov.  1, 
at  1  p.m.  and  the  girls  soccer 
league  will  hold  its  registration 
on  Thursday,  Oct.  30th  at  6:30 
p.m. 

All  players  must  be  members 
'  or  become  members  of  the  club. 
Membership  is  $10.00  per  year. 

For  more  information  con¬ 
tact  Kevin  Vorro  at  508-672- 
6340  or  by  e-mail  at  kvorro@ 
fallriverbgc.org. 


Family  Fun  Day  slated 


FALL  RIVER  —  The 
Massachusetts  Children’s  Trust 
Fund  in  partnership  with  The 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girl  Club  will  host  the  annual  Fall 
River  Family  Fun  Day  from  noon 
to  4  p.m.  Saturday  at  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  803  Bedford  St. 

Lead  sponsor,  The  Robert  F. 
Stoico/FIRSTFED  Charitable 
Foundation,  joins  the  Children’s 
Trust  Fund  for  this  annual  cel¬ 
ebration  of  positive  influences 
of  strong  families.  Families  will 
enjoy  an  afternoon  of  free  activities 
induding  arts  and  crafts,  games, 
music  and  food.  Also,  Fall  River 
Mayor  Edward  M.  Lambert  Jr.  and 
State  Rep.  Michael  J.  Rodrigues,  D- 
Westport,  will  announce  winners 
of  the  annual  Families.Together  Art 


Contest.  More  than  150  students 
submitted  colorful  drawings  of 
their  favorite  family  activities.  The 
contest  was  open  to  3rd,  4th,  and 
5th  graders  in  Fall  River,  Somerset, 
Swansea  and  Westport.  First-place 
prize  in  each  grade  category  is  a 
new  bicycle. 

The  Massachusetts  Children’s 
Trust  Fund  leads  statewide  efforts 
to  prevent  child  abuse  and  neglect 
by  supporting  parents  and  strength¬ 
ening  families.  As  an  umbrella 
organization,  the  Children’s  Trust 
Fund  funds,  evaluates  and  pro¬ 
motes  the  work  of  more  than  100 
agencies  statewide. 

For  more  information  about 
the  Children’s  Trust  Fund,  call  888- 
775-4KID,  e-mail  info@mctf.state. 
ma.us  or  visit  wwsv.mctf.org. 


Donors  Take  Part  in  Burning  the 
Mortgage  at  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


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CAMP  WELCH 


Serving  Youth  Since  1882 

SUMMER  CAMP 

SIGN  -UP 

10  weeks  from 
June  23rd  - 
August  29th 

Children 
ages  6-14 

Registration:  Resident  Camp 

Saturday,  April  5th  starts  at  8:00am 

Registration:  Day  Camp 

Sunday,  April  6th  starts  at  7:00am 

$20.00  deposit  per  child 
per  week  required 

At  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
803  Bedford  Street 
Fall  River,  MA 

For  information  call 

508-672-6340 


Kids  and  donors  celebrate  the  burning  of  the  mortgage 

Photos  taken  by  Megan  Andersen 


The  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  has  concluded  its  $3.5 
million  Next  Generation  Campaign 
to  build  the  new  Robert  F. 
Stoico/FIRSTFED  Youth  Building, 
Charlton  Library  and  Rodgers  Teen 
Center.  Donors  gathered  on  Tuesday, 
May  20th  to  burn  the  300  page  mort¬ 
gage  to  celebrate  the  completion  of 
this  campaign.  Robert  F.  Stoico,  Earl 
R  Charlton,  II,  Thomas  Rodgers  III 
and  other  significant  contributors 
were  present  to  commemorate  this 
important  event. 

Burning  the  mortgage  alleviates  the 
Club  of  significant  monthly  payments 


allowing  these  funds  to  be  directly 
applied  to  youth  programs. 

The  mission  of  the  Club  is  “to 
inspire  and  enable  all  young  people, 
especially  those  from  disadvantaged 
circumstances,  to  realize  their  full 
potential  as  productive,  responsible 
and  caring  citizens.”  The  mission  of 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  is:  a  safe  place  to  learn  and 
grow;  ongoing  relationships  with  car¬ 
ing,  adult  professionals;  life-enhanc¬ 
ing  programs  and  character  develop¬ 
ment  experiences;  and  hope  and 
opportunity. 


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Fall  River  enjoys  Family  Fun  Day 


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er)  with  winners  of  CTF's  Annual  fan*,  fegerter to  Contest  Special  Thanks  to.  Healthy  Famtta.OMIr't, 1 
rognm,  Health  First  Fall  River  Ftre  Department.  United  Neighbor,  .1  Fall  River.  Peter  McCarthy  and  the  Thomas  h.»  ral  Bo»  * 

iris  Club.  Fall  River  Herald.  Earl,  Inter...,,...  Head  Start  and  the  Wellness  Resource  Center.  Fmanctal  support  and  tn-kind  dona, tons  were 
Ltributed  by  numerons  local  businestes  and  organizations,  including  Lightolier.  McDonald  s.  Buttonwood  Park  Zoo.  Domtno  s  tea  la 
(omte’s  Dairy,  Target,  Stop  8  Shop,  Wal-Mart  and  Hasill  Fruit  Company. 


United  Way  gives  array  of  grants 

Fourteen  recipients  receive  from  $500  to  $10,121 


Marc  Munroe  Dion 

Hsraio  New*  Siaee  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  United 
Way  served  up  breakfast  and  a 
pot  of  grant  money  Tuesday  at 
the  Boys  8t  Girls  Club. 

Fourteen  local  providers 
of  services  were  given  grants 
ranging  from  $500  received 
by  Catholic  Social  Services 
to  $10,121  received  by  the 
Westport  Fire  Department. 

“It  was  a  long  process,”  said 
United  Way  President  Robert 
Horne,  “but  most  of  the  choices 
were  easy.” 

Horne  said  the  agencies 
receiving  money  represented  a 
wide  range  of  services. 

Horne  noted  that  the  $]  0, 1 2 1 
received  by  the  Westport  Fire 
Department  was  particularly 
attractive  to  the  committee 
apportioning  the  money. 

“The  committee  loves  part¬ 
nerships,”  Horne  said. 

The  Westport  Fire 


Department’s  grant  was  for  a 
project  called  “Juvenile  Fire 
Awareness,”  that  will  partner 
the  department  with  schools, 
mental  health  agencies,  social 
service  providers,  law  enforce¬ 
ment  agencies  and  the  juvenile 
justice  system  throughout  the 
greater  Fall  River  area. 

The  program  will  identify 
and  counsel  juvenile  firestarters 
and  potential  firestarters. 

“It’s  the  highest  funded 
grant  for  us  this  year,”  Horne 
said  of  the  Westport  Fire 
Department  funding. 

1  Another  grant  Horne  sin¬ 
gled  out  for  praise  was  the 
$5,000  received  by  SER/Jobs 
for  Progress  Inc.  for  an  “eve¬ 
ning  bilingual  program  for 
children”  designed  to  improve 
and  develop  the  academic 
performance  and  English  lan¬ 
guage  literacy  of  the  children 
of  speakers  of  other  languages 
who  arc  attending  SER’s  eve¬ 
ning  adult  education  classes. 


Horne  also  spoke  highly  of 
The  Art  of  Greater  Fall  River’s 
program  “Kids  on  the  Block, 
which  provides  skits  on  autism 
and  bullying,  among  other 
issues. 

The  $3,575  given  to  ARC 
will  be  used  to  purchase  appro¬ 
priate  puppets  and  scripts.  The 
focus  will  bepn  the  third-grade 
level.  Requests  from  teachers 
regarding  these  issues  are  high, 
and  6,000  children  are  tar¬ 
geted. 

“It’s  amazing  that  this  is 
targeted  at  6,000  kids,”  Horne 
said. 

Horne  said  that,  in  these 
tough  times,  it  is  particularly 
gratifying  to  fund  worthwhile 
programs,  even  as  he  noted 
that  fundraising  is  challenging 
these  days  and  is  likely  to 
remain  challenging  for  the 
foreseeable  future. 

E-Mail  Marc  Munroe  Dion  at 

MOION@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


Congratulations 
& 

Best  Wishes 


to  Auntie  Irene  Orlando 
and  all  the  Brayton 
Award  Recipients 

From  the  Kids  &.  StalT  of: 


BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 

of  Fall  River 


t-iriuajnat 


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Herald  News  Photo  |  Jack  Foley 

Carrigan  Ramsey.  12,  wins  the  last  remaining  seat  in  a  game  of  musical  chairs  as  Tajik  Singletar,  heads  for ,he  *ck 
block  party  at  the  Fall  River  Boys  S  Girls  Club  on  Saturday.  The  club  has  expanded  Its  hours  and  added  programs  for  the  new 
school  year. 

Welcome  to  the  club 

New  school  year,  new  ways  to  play 
at  Fall  River's  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


Marc  Munroe  Dion 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter  . 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  held  its  annual  block 
party  and  let  kids  know  that  with 
the  beginning  of  school  comes 
good  times  and  learning  opportu¬ 
nities  at  the  club. 

“The  purpose  of  the  event 
(Saturday's  block  party)  was 


to  draw  attention  to  our  fall 
hours,”  Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy  said.  “We  call  it  a  block 
party,  but  it  was  really  just  a  big 
open  house.  It  saves  us  the  trouble 
of  meeting  the  kids  as  they  come 
through  on  tours.” 

In  June,  July  and  August,  when 
the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  running  a 
summer  camp  and  the  city’s  chil¬ 
dren  are  not  in  school,  programs 


at  the  club  end  at  6:30  p.m.  during 
the  week. 

When  fall  comes  and  school 
starts,  the  club  runs  youth  pro¬ 
grams  from  4  to  9:30  p.m.  from 
Monday  through  Friday  and  from 
10  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  on  Saturday. 
There  are  no  programs  on  Sunday. 

The  expanded  hours  are  in 
effect  through  the  winter  months 
and  include  the  well-known 
dinner  program,  a  nutritious 
evening  meal  served  to  kids  who  , 
need  a  meal  or  kids  who  are  just 

Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  A5 


Boys  &  Girls  Club 


winners 

Several  winners  were 
announced  at  the  Chew  Boys  & 
Girls  Club. 

Christopher  Anctil  won  in 
gockey,  Mason  DeForge  won  at 
bumper  pool,  Catarina  Faioes 
won  in  air  hockey,  Robertson 
mena  in  billiards,  Tiylah  Paiva  in 
ping  pong  and  Abraham  Sabeth 
in  billiards. 

Trophies  will  be  presented  on 
Saturday,  May  3  at  the  annual 
banquet. 


f//*M 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  billiards 

FAIT.  RIVER  —  Laureen  Bryant,  Josdalys 
Cruz,  Tyler  Hubert,  Caliz  Maldonado,  Craig 
Onofrey,  Joshua  Onofrey,  Lesliannette 
Pastrana,  Abraham  Sabeh  and  Josiah  Queen 
were  the  winners  recently  in  61  points  bil¬ 
liards  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 

Also,  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  will  be  holding  its  annual 
awards  banquet  Sunday,  May  3  at  5  p.m.  at 
the  club.  Earning  trophies  for  bumper  pool 
will  be  Yamilex  Colon  and  Jorge  Picarro. 
Foosball  winners  are  Devin  Barbosa  and 
Omar  Rojas.  Tickets  for  the  banquet  are  $3 
in  advance  or  at  the  door. 


Inside  Mr  ceramics  shop  a,  the  Thomas  Chew  Memonal  Boys  &  Girls  Club,  Made  and  Leo  Jean  get  a  well-deserved  cheer  from  some  of  their  students. 


A  GENERATION  OF  GIVING 

Fall  River  couple  logs  more  than  50  combined  years  of  service 


John  Moss 

•  herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

Few  members  of  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  can  say  they  used  to  lunch 
with  Thomas  Chew.  But  80- 
year-old  Leo  Jean  of  President  Village 
can  so  boast. 

"I  used  to  have  lunch  with  Mr. 
Chew,”  said  Jean,  who  joined  die  old 
Boys  Club  on  Anawan  Street  when  he 
was  9  years  old.  His  annual  dues  were  a 
mere  50  cents. 

Jean's  love  over  the  years  for  the  club 
and  the  people  who  run  it  has  moved 
him  and  his  wife,  Marie,  to  volunteer 
much  of  their  time  to  the  children  in 
the  ceramics/arts  and  crafts  shop. 

Leo  has  been  volunteering  his  tal¬ 
ents  for  30  years,  while  his  57-year-old 
wife  has  been  providing  her  services  for 
23  years. 

“1  used  to  major  in  ceramics  and 
work  with  all  types  of  molds,”  Leo 
said. 

Marie  teaches  painting  to  the  chil¬ 
dren. 

“They’re  just  amazing,"  Peter 
McCarthy,  the  club’s  executive  director, 
said  of  the  couple. 

“To  plan  our  programs  around 
volunteers  is  just  unheard  of,  but  we 
could  do  it  with  them,”  he  explained. 
“I  would  have  hired  them,  but  it  would 
have  interfered  with  their  pension.” 


The  Jeans  teach  classes  with  20  to  36 
children,  ages  5  to  16. 

McCarthy  described  Leo  as  a  “living 
history  of  the  club,”  and  Marie  as  the 
“backbone  of  the  operation.” 

Years  ago,  Leo  instructed  summer 
classes,  ranging  from  60  to  80  young¬ 
sters,  at  the  club’s  Camp  Welch  in 
Freetown’s  Assonet  section. 

The  Jeans  said  they  enjoy  working 
with  the  children.  And  from  the  smiles 
on  the  youngsters’  faces,  the  feelings 
appear  to  •  be  mutual.  On  weekends, 
parents  attend  the  classes  and  paint 
with  their  children. 

"They’re  like  surrogate  grandparents 
here.  They  know  the  kids  who  need  the 
extra  help,”  McCarthy  said. 

•  He  related  that  when  the  Jeans  go  to 
the  supermarket,  children  from  their 
classes  greet  them. 

"Then  the  kids’  parents  tell  (the 
Jeans)  they  still  have  some  of  the  stuff 
on  the  TV  that  they  made  when  they 
were  children  in  their  classes.” 

Leo  said  the  club  is  a  fine  place  to 
volunteer. 

“The  Boys  Club  has  always  been 
very  good  and  respectful  to  my  wife  and 
I  ...  Anyone  who  wants  to  be  a  volun¬ 
teer,  they  know  they  have  a  nice  place 
to  come  to  here.” 

He  also  said  the  club  is  excellent  for 
children  to  grow. 

“This  is  the  place  to  send  your  kids,” 
he  advised.  “They  leave  here  a  better 


person.” 

In  April  1997,  the  Jeans  were  hon¬ 
ored  as  Hometown  Heroes  by  Fall  River 
Five  Cents  Savings  Bank. 

Leo  ran  his  own  dancing  school  on 
Covel  Street  for  40  years  and  was  a  jazz 
drummer  for  50  years. 

“My  piano  player  was  Joe  Raposo,” 
he  said  of  the  Fall  River-born  com¬ 
poser,  best  known  for  his  work  on 
Sesame  Street  and  other  children’s  tele¬ 
vision  series. 

One  of  Leo’s  dance  students  was 
Anita  Raposa,  winner  of  the  first  Ms. 
Senior  Sweetheart  Pageant. 

“1  taught  her  the  routine  she  did  to  * 
win,”  he  said. 

The  Jeans’  son,  Lee,  said  he  was 
browsing  through  a  book,  entitled 
“The  Famous  1940s,”  when  he  came 
across  a  photo  of  his  father  with  his 
first  wife,  Claire. 

“It  was  a  tribute  to  their  dancing,” 
Lee  said. 

Marie  worked  as  a  restaurant  man¬ 
ager,  including  many  years  at  the 
former  Gangplank  Restaurant. 

The  Jeans  used  to  volunteer  an 
average  of  20  hours  weekly  at  the 
club.  But  because  of  health  reasons, 
Leo  said  he  will  help  out  when  he  is 
able.  Marie  said  she  will  continue  to 
volunteer  two  days  weekly  until  the 
end  of  the  year. 

E-mail  John  Moss  at 
imoss@heralonews.com. 


D2  The  Herald  News,  Tuesday,  April  29,  2008 


EDUCATION 


Rockland  Trust  donates  $10K  to  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


FALL  RIVER  —  Rockland 
Trust  has  donated  $10,000  to 
the  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River.  Part  of  the  Bank’s  dona¬ 
tion  will  help  support  the  Club’s 
Tutoring  Program,  where  chil¬ 
dren  are  assisted  with  school- 
work  in  the  afterschool  program 
there.  Another  portion  of  the 
donation  will  purchase  a  com¬ 
pressor  for  a  freezer  unit  used 
by  the  Kids’  Cafe,  a  meals  pro¬ 
gram  run  in  conjunction  with 
the  Greater  Boston  Food  Bank, 
which  provides  a  well-balanced, 
nutritional  meal  to  an  average 
of  150  children  per  night.  A 
check  for  $10,000  was  recently 
presented  to  Peter  McCarthy, 
Executive  Director  of  the  Club. 

“We  are  grateful  for  the 
generous  support  of  Rockland 
Trust,”  stated  Executive  Director 
Peter  McCarthy,  “their  assis¬ 
tance  will  support  two  very 
important  programs  at  the  Club, 
the  Rockland  Trust  Tutoring 
Program  and  the  Kids’  Cafe.” 

“At  Rockland  Trust,  we  are 
committed  to  strengthening  the 
communities  in  which  we  work 


Peter  McCarthy, 
executive  drector 
of  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River, 
receives  $10,000 
donation  from 
John  Hayes, 
senior  vice 
President  and 
and  commercial 
loan  regional 
manager  for 
Rockland  Trust. 


and  five,”  stated  John  Hayes,  for  Rockland  Trust,  “we  are  River,  whose  youth  programs 
senior  vice  president  and  com-  proud  to  support  the  good  work  fill  a  vital  need  in  the  Fall  River 
mercial  loan  regional  manager  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  community.” 


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8  The  Herald  News,  Tuesday,  April  24, 2007 


WORKING  TOGETHER 


Recently  expanded  Boys  &  Girls  Club  a  community  staple 

^  ® _ _ _ — _  _  ...  “Onr  mnin  ioh  is  nreventioi 


left,  Yazlyn  Quiros,  Jahnya  Mohamed,  Ryan  Raposa  and  Ashley  Sweat!  play  a  card  game  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


Jeffrey  D.  Wagner 

SfECiAi-TO  The  Hewud  News 

FALL  RIVER  -  The  Boys  8c 
Girls  Club  has  served  school- 
aged  children  since  the  late 
1800s. 

The  popularity  of  the  Bedford 
Street  club  has  recently  prompted 
the  building  of  a  20,000-square- 
foot  addition. 

Peter  McCarthy,  of  the  Boys  8c 
Girls  Club,  said  the  $3.5  million 
project  has  put  the  club  $400,000 
in  the  red.  The  club  could  escape 
that  debt  by  the  end  of  the  year 
—  but  it  would  need  a  little  help 
from  the  community.  If  the  club 
can  raise  $150,000  by  Dec.  1,  it 
will  be  eligible  for  a  $250,000 
Federal  Challenge  grant,  elimi¬ 
nating  the  debt. 

McCarthy  said  the  expansion 
of  club  programs  motivated 
building  the  expansion. 

“Wc  want  Greater  Fall  River 
to  know  we  want  their  help  to 


The  Boys 
&  Girls  Club 

803  Bedford  St. 

Fall  River 
508-672-6340 
www.bgca.org 

retire  the  debt,"  he  said. 

McCarthy  said  the  club  is 
also  looking  for  100  volunteers 
to  participate  in  building  a  play¬ 
ground.  He  said  there  will  be  a 
ribbon  cutting  ceremony  for  the 
new  playground  on  May  15. 

The  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  has 
existed  at  the  803  Bedford  St. 
location  since  the  1960s.  The 
organization  itself  was  founded 
in  1882  and  incorporated  in 
1897. 

“We  are  probably  the  largest 
youth  provider  in  the  city;  wc 
average  between  400  and  500 
kids  per  day.  And  in  summer,  wc 
avernee  over  500  kids,”  he  said. 


“Our  main  job  is  prevention. 
Youth  development  is  what  we 
arc  all  about  but  I  tell  my  staff 
we  are  in  the  prevention  busi¬ 
ness.  We  want  to  give  our  kids 
activities  and  programs  that  will 
help  them  succeed  in  life  and  1 
basically  tell  our  staff  that  our 
programs  are  our  tools  that  we 
use  to  meet  our  mission.  We  use 
programs  to  make  them  want  to 
come  to  the  club.” 

The  Bedford  Street  club 
provides  services  for  kids  in 
kindergarten  to  freshmen  in 
college. 

The  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  is  open 
8:30  a.m.  to  6:30  p.m.  Mondays 
and  8:30  a.m.  to  6  p.m.  Tuesdays 
through  Friday. 

The  after  school  program 
runs  from  2:30  to  5:30  p.m. 

For  more  information  or 
to  donate  money  so  the  club 
will  be  eligible  for  the  grant, 
call  McCarthy  at  308-672- 
6340. 


ii  iua  inauusoi 


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Herald  News  Photo  |  Omar  Bradley 


Red  hot  tot 

Trenton  Soares,  18  months,  munches  on  an  orange  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  Family  Day 
event  on  Saturday. 


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Our  View 


Save  Fall  River's  grants 

What  we  get  told  is  that  “at  risk”  youth  need  help; 
A  quick  look  around  the  world  will  tell  you  this  is  so. 

What  we  get  told,  most  recently  by  the  common¬ 
wealth  of  Massachusetts,  is  that  there  is  no  money  to 
facilitate  this  desperately  needed  help. 

Eleven  million  dollars  is  missing  from  the  next 
fiscal  year’s  budget.  In  the  past,  $370,000  of  that 
money  has  come  to  Fall  River  as  Sen’.  Charles  E. 
Shannon  Jr.  Community  Service  Initiative  Grants. 

What  did  Fall  River  do  with  that  money? 

What  didn’t  we  do? 

That  grant  money  funds,  among  other  things, 
Boys  8c  Girls  Club  intervention  programs,  Old 
Colony  YMCA  programs,  Youthbuild  programs,  out¬ 
reach  programs,  anti-gang  initiatives  and  a  host  of 
other  things  aimed  at  keeping  kids  from  harm. 

So,  that’s  not  worth  the  money? 

How  do  you  figure? 

Fortunately  for  Fall  Riverites,  Rep.  Stephen 
Canessa,  D-Freetown,  has  proposed  a  budget 
amendment  that  would  fund  the  grants  Fall  River 
needs  so  much. 

It  is  fashionable  (and  tempting)  to  see  every  gov¬ 
ernment-funded  social  program  as  a  “boondoggle,” 
a  “pork  barrel,”  or,  in  the  phrase  favored  by  the  most 
weak-minded  of  commentators,  a  chance  to  “hold 
hinds  and  sing  ‘Kumbaya.’” 

This  money  isn’t  like  that,  not  at  all.  These  pro¬ 
grams  go  to  the  projects,  to  the  kids  themselves  and 
often  into  neighborhoods  where  their  critics  seldom 
venture. 

Among  other  things,  these  funds  enable  Fall 
River  police  officers  to  bring  500  middle  schoolers 
a  much-needed  anti-gang  message.  It’s  hard  to  call 
that  “pork.” 

Call  Canessa.  Call  your  local  elected  representa¬ 
tives.  Push  for  these  programs. 

They’re  needed. 


Foosball  winners 

FALL  RIVER  —  Khalil  Ayoud,  ^ 
Steven  Correia,  Keven  Cotto,  ^ 
Lilliana  Mitchell  and  Jaamialle 
Williams  were  point  winners  ^ 
recently  in  Junior  Division  ^ 
Foosball  at  the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  and  Girls’  Club. 


New  England  Gas  Company  awards  $5,000  to 
the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Kids  Cafe 


On  Thursday,  March  13th,  New 
England  Gas  Chief  Operating  Offi¬ 
cer  David  Black;  Marketing  Manager 
James  Carey;  and  Sales  Representa¬ 
tive  Chris  Ferri  joined  the  staff  of  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  to  serve  dinner  at  the  Kids 
Cafe.  With  a  grant  of  $5,000  New 
England  Gas  continued  its  support 
of  the  Kids  Cafe,  which  began  in 

2005. 

As  the  largest  child  care  provider  in 
the  City  of  Fall  River,  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
offers  programming  every  day  after- 
school  as  well  during  Safe  and  Sound 
Saturdays  throughout  the  school 
year.  In  collaboration  with  the 
Boston  Food  Bank,  the  Kids  Cafe 
offers  nutritious  snacks  and  meals  to 
youth  members  free  of  charge.  On 
weekdays,  the  Kids  Cafe  provides  as 
many  as  200  children  an  afternoon 
snack  and  dinner.  On  Saturdays  the 
Kid’s  Cafe  serves  as  many  as  1 50  chil¬ 
dren  a  healthy  lunch. 

David  Black  stated,  “Of  all  the 
organizations  New  England  Gas 
Company  supports  in  the  greater  Fall 


David  Black  serves  a  meal  to  a 
happy  and  healthy  Stephon  Calice. 

River  community,  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club,  to  me,  is  the  most  inspiring.  It’s  a 
critically  needed  safety  net  for  the  areas 
young  people,  but  much  more  than 
that.  It  fosters  a  true  sense  of  commu¬ 
nity.  The  food  program,  for  example,  is 
brilliant.  As  I  served  the  150,  or  more, 
kids  that  streamed  through  for  a  free 
hot  meal  of  roast  chicken,  baked  potato, 
green  beans  and  freshly  baked  biscuits,  I 
could  see  in  every  face  a  genuine  appre¬ 
ciation  for  this  nurturing  home  away 
from  home.  It’s  a  great  organization, 
and  New  England  Gas  Company  is 
proud  to  support  it.” 


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Friday,  April  20,  2007 


Grants  face 
budget  ax 


Activists,  politicians  rally 
to  save  Shannon  programs 


Will  Richmond 

Hirald  New  Swf  Reporter 

FALL  RTVER  —  There’s  an 
$11  million  appropriation  in 
the  current  fiscal 
year’s  budget  that 
xhas  affected  the 
lives  of’  ahhost 
every  adolescent 
in  the  city. 

But  without 
the  persistence 
of  legislators 
and  community 
stakeholders, 
funding  for  the 
upcoming  fiscal 
year  will  be  lost. 

With  that 
mind,  United 
Interfaith  Action 
brought  together 
a  group  of  offi¬ 
cers,  community 


leaders  and  legislators  at  the 
Municipal  Veterans  Memorial 
to  call  for  the  renewal  of  the 
Sen.  Charles  E.  Shannon  Jr. 
Community  Service  Initiative 
grant. 

For  the 
10 
the 


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Boys  &  Girls  Club 
intervention  programs 

Old  Colony  YMCA 
programs 

Youthbuild  programs 
Peaceful  Coalition 


grant  has 
provided  Fall 
River  with 
$370,000, 
!  which  has 
been  dis- 
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and  violence 
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Four  Youth  Outreach  Program  workers  for  the  city's  Department  of  Health  and  Human  Services  may  see  their  program 
affected  by  budget  cuts.  From  left,  Kelvin  Ortiz,  Mark  Travis,  Korin  Pensao  and  Diana  Ferreira. 


have  been  able  to  create  inter¬ 
vention  and  outreach  programs 
and  providing  bus  transporta¬ 
tion  to  children  living  in  the 
Maple  Gardens  and  Sunset  Hill 
housing  developments. 

Money  has  also  been  used  by 
law  enforcement  groups  such 
as  the  city  Police  Department 
to  create. a  gang  intervention 
program  at  the  city’s  middle 
schools  and  to  purchase  equip¬ 


ment  to  fight  gang  crime. 

Funding  for  the  program, 
though,  is  not  included  in  the 
Fiscal  Year  2008  budgets  pre¬ 
pared  by  Gov.  Deval  Patrick  or 
the  House  of  Representatives. 
Rep.  Stephen  Canessa,  D- 
Freetown,  has  filed  an  amend¬ 
ment  requesting  $25  million  be 
added  to  the  budget  to  maintain 
the  program's  funding. 

Those  on  hand  Thursday 


said  such  funding  is  necessary 
to  continue  and  build  on  pro¬ 
grams  that  in  a  less  than  a  year’s 
time  have  already  proven  suc¬ 
cessful. 

“Keeping  this  funding  is 
absolutely  paramount  to  effec¬ 
tively  deal  with  the  encour¬ 
agement  and  participation  of 
youth,”  Officer  John  Lapointe 

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Durfee  student  a  natural  on  the  air 


Mike  Thomas 

Herald  News  Sports  Editor 

Durfee’s  Kendra  Valente  was  the 
chosen  one. 

Comcast  and  Comcast  SportsNet 
selected  the  Hilltopper  junior  out 
of  25  other  students  as  .the  Comcast 
SportsNet  FanCaster  in  a  recent 
audition  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of 
Fall  River. 

As  the  FanCaster,  Valente 
attended  Friday’s  Boston  Celtics- 
New  Orleans  Hornets  game  at  the 
TD  Banknorth  Garden  and  taped  a 
“standup”  just  before  tipoff  which 
introduced  the  Celtics  "Hero  Among 
Us”  —  an  honor  presented  to  indi¬ 
viduals  who  have  made  exceptional 


THEY  SAID  IT 

"She  had  an  exceptional 
audition." 

—  Skip  Perham,  Comcast  SportsNet,  on  the 
audition  of  Durfee's  Kendra  Valente. 


and  lasting  contributions  to  the  com¬ 
munity. 

“I  had  a  lot  of  fun,”  Valente  said. 
“It  was  a  great  experience.” 

According  to  Skip  Perham,  CSN’s 
marketing  and  communications 
manager,  Valente’s  audition  was  a 
big  hit,  as  was  her  Friday  night  debut 
at  the  Garden. 

“She  had  an  exceptional  audi¬ 


tion,”  Perham  said.  “She  didn’t  look 
nervous  (at  the  Garden).  She  had  to 
bring  someone  out  to  center  court 
and  introduce  them  in  front  of  a 
crowd  and  that  could  make  anyone 
nervous.” 

In  addition  to  her  “Heroes 
Among  Us”  presentation,  Valente 
toured  the  Comcast  high  definition 
production  truck,  the  press  room 
and  even  met  Boston  Celtics  legend 
Tommy  Heinsohn. 

Despite  her  success  in  front  of  the 
microphone,  Valente  is  unsure  what 
her  career  plans  might  be. 

“I’d  like  to  be  an  actress,”  she  said. 
This  was  fun  and  it’s  something  I 
might  want  to  do,  but  I’m  still  not 

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Celtics-Hornets  game  last  Friday  in  Boston. 


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Camp  Welch  is 
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kids,  counselors 

Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FREETOWN  —  It’s  all  in  the 
family  at  Camp  Welch. 

Monica  Tavares  has  been 
making  the  trip  on  Route  24 
North  for  as  long  as  she  can 
remember.  Tavares  is  program 
director  for.  the  camp,  in  addi¬ 
tion  to  serving  as  aquatics 
director  at  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  in  Fall  River.  Monica’s 
twin  sister,  Melissa,  also  works 
at  the  camp.  The  duo  spent  their 
formative  years  huddled  around 
the  campfire,  swimming  in  the 
Olympic-sized  pool  ana  kicking 
around  a  soccer  ball. 

The  Tavares  twins  are  among 
several  counselors  who  enjoyed 
their  summer  camping  experi¬ 
ences  so  much  that  they  chose  to 
come  back  as  staff. 

“1  would  say  more  than 
half  of  our  staffers  are  former 
campers,”  said  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy.  “They  grew  up  here, 
so  they  know  what  to  expect.  It 
makes  a  difference  having  people 
that  know  the  camp." 

Boys  and  Girls  Club  staffers 
Michelle  Larrivee,  John  Cuillo 
and  Adam  Coderre  also  spent 
their  summers  at  Camp  Welch 
and  have  carried  their  affinity  for 
the  experience  into  adulthood. 

“We  have  current  campers 
whose  parents  and  grandparents 
came  here,”  said  McCarthy. 

Nestled  among  towering  pine 
trees,  Camp  Welch  has  been  pro¬ 
viding  local  youth  with  summer 
memories  since  the  late  1800’s. 
The  sprawling  150-acre  site  has 
served  as  a  summer  camp  every 
year  since  then,  except  for  a  one- 
year  hiatus  during  World  War  II. 
For  the  first  50  years,  the  camp 
had  a  working  farm  on  loca¬ 
tion.  In  the  1950’s,  construction 
battalions  erected  the  buildings 
on  site,  which  include  a  dining 
hall  and  cabins  for  overnight 
campers. 

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Chelsea  Barboza  enjoys  the  slide  at  the  pool  at  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  summer  Camp  Welch. 


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Zak  Cardelli  and  Alberson  Lindor  play  Standing  on  a  table,  Monica  Tavares  announces  the  events  for  the  afternoon  at 
doctor  dodgeball  at  Camp  Welch.  Camp  Welch. 


children  ranging  in  age  from  6  to 
14.  There  are  10  weekly  sessions 
running  from  June  to  August. 
Boys  and  girls  up  to  the  age  of  8 
are  classified  as  ^Cardinals.”  The 
older  children  are  considered 
day  campers.  Parents  pick  up 
and  drop  off  their  children  at 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  and  the 
camp  day  runs  from  9  a.m.  to  4 
p.m. 


Parents  also  have  the  option 
of  enrolling  their  children  in  the 
Mohawk  Camp,  which  requires 
picking  up  and  dropping  off 
campers  at  the  site. 

“God  bless  the  parents  for 
spending  the  money  to  send 
their  kids  to  summer  camp,”  said 
McCarthy.  “The  staff  treats  it  like 
this  is  a  vacation  for  the  kids.  We 
try  to  treat  it  like  they  are  going 


to  Disney  World.” 

There  are  a  few  aspects  of 
Camp  Welch  that  make  it  stand 
out  from  the  rest  of  the  summer 
camps. 

Instead  of  shuttling  kids  from 
activity  to  activity,  children  have 
the  option  of  choosing  what 
they  want  to  do.  At  a  given  time, 

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A4  Thursday.  August  27.  2009 


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Day  at  the  park  stn/of 

From  left.  Ryan  Carter,  Christian  Jordan  and  Austin  Crowninshield,  all  13,  take  in  the  scene  on  top  of  the  Green 
Monster  at  Fenway  Park.  Thanks  to  Bank  of  America,  kids  from  the  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Clubs  got  to  experi- 
ence  a  Day  at  the  Park,”  complete  with  a  tour  of  Fenway,  lunch  on  the  Green  Monster  and  a  Q&A  with  Red  Sox 
All-Star  Leftfielder  Jason  Bay.  They  also  received  a  Red  Sox  hat  and  autographed  Jason  Bay  baseball  card. 


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United  Way  will  give  $90,000  in 
grants  at  an  awards  breakfast 


Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  The 
United  Way  of  Greater  Fall 
River  will  award  $90,000  in 
grants  to  a  dozen  local  orga¬ 
nizations  at  its  Community 
Impact  Awards  Breakfast  on 
Aug.  25. 

The  event  will  be  held  at 
Family  Service  Association  at 
8:30  a.m.  and  is  being  spon¬ 
sored  by  Dominion  Energy. 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
is  one  of  the  grant  recipi¬ 
ents,  receiving  $8,000  for 
its  various  extracurricular 
programs  including  home¬ 
work  and  tutoring  assistance, 
prevention  education  and 
Stay  In  School”  programs. 
Additionally,  it  will  be 
awarded  $5,000  for  a  new  arts 
initiative  which  is  scheduled 
to  begin  in  the  fall.  Executive 
Director  Peter  McCarthy  said 
the  club  has  gutted  an  old 
ceramics  shop  on  site,  and 
staffers  from  Home  Depot 
volunteered  to  install  a  new 
tile  floor  that  will  serve  as  the 
art  room. 

“We  really  want  to  be 
able  to  push  the  arts,”  said 
McCarthy.  “We’ve  rated 
ourselves  low  in  that  area.  I 
would  like  to  channel  some 


of  the  talent  we  have.  This  is 
long  overdue.” 

The  grant  will  provide 
equipment  and  supplies  for 
the  program,  which  is  sched¬ 
uled  to  run  six  days  a  week. 

In  addition  to  on-site  instruc¬ 
tion,  McCarthy  would  like  to 
collaborate  with  Rhode  Island 
School  of  Design  and  expose 
the  children  to  art  exhibits 
and  museums. 

“God  bless  the  United 
Way,”  said  McCarthy.  “For 
them  to  set  aside  money  for 
this  project  is  amazing.  There 
is  definitely  a  need.” 

SER-Jobs  for  Progress 
addresses  the  needs  of  eco¬ 
nomically  challenged  indi-  ' 
viduals  in  education,  job  skills 
training,  literacy  and  employ¬ 
ment.  The  organization  will 
receive  a  $6,000  grant  for  an 
evening  bilingual  program  for 
children,  which  will  provide 
tutors  for  children  who  speak 
limited  English  and  assist 
them  with  their  classwork  and 
computer  skills.  SER-Jobs  will 
acquire  an  additional  $5,000 
grant  from  Dominion  Energy 
for  the  program  which  will 
run  during  the  school  year. 

The  organization  was  also 
awarded  $6,000  to  provide 
transportation  to  teen  parents 
and  their  children  attending 


the  Young  Parents  Program. 
The  goal  of  the  program  is  to 
provide  GED  preparation  and 
life  skills  training  for  pregnant 
and  parenting  teens. 

“We  wouldn’t  be  able  to 
do  what  we  do  without  the 
financial  assistance,”  said 
Executive  Director  Paula 
Machado.  “These  small  grants 
go  a  long  way.” 

A  socialization  and  infor¬ 
mation  group  for  seniors 
that  is  coordinated  by  SER- 
Jobs  was  awarded  a  $5,000 
grant  from  United  Way  and 
additional  funding  from  the 
Azorean  government.  The 
money  will  go  toward  the 
program  which  serves  older 
immigrants,  providing  them 
with  motivation  to  share  their 
individual  skills  at  handcrafts. 

Other  local  agencies  that 
will  receive  grants  include: 
Steppingstone  Incorporated, 
Katie  Brown  Educational  ■ 
Program,  Church  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  SSTAR,  The  Arc  of 
Greater  Fall  River,  Community 
Development  Recreation, 
Partners  for  a  Healthier 
Community,  SMILES,  Word 
Incorporated  and  Family 
Service  Association. 

E-mail  Derek  Vital  at 

DVITAL@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


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encourage  Bosse  and  other  campers. 

Over  at  the  pool,  camp  counsel¬ 
ors  cheered  as  Morgan  Abrantes,  Kyle 
JkibaujL  Kylee  Thibault,  Kamden  Allard 
and  Nathan  Nawacki  all  passed  their 
swimming  test. 

m  P16-  ®ve  9amPers,  said  swim  instructor 
NoJan  Bermer,  started  camp  this  summer 
not  knowing  how  to  swim. 

“Now  we  can  go  in  the  deep  end  at  the 

Boys  and  Girls  Club,”  said  Kyle. 


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Nadine  Mor¬ 


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the  swings 


Shena  Butler,  14,  has  been  attending 
the  camp  since  she  was  5  and  is  now  a 

counselor-in-training. 

The  counselors  are  great  here  Thev 

Sfdrofte,nny  8et  involved;'1  Butler 
said  of  the  camps  45  counselors 
A  major  part  of  a  counselor's  job  is 
looking  out  for  the  safety  of  campers 

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“If  they  are  safe  and  having  a  big 
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introducing  South  Coast  children  t. 
great  outdoors  since  1882. 


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By  KIM  LEDOUX 

CONTRIBUTING  WRITER 

FREETOWN  —  Amid  a  forest  of  pine 
trees  under  a  bright  blue  sky,  400  chil¬ 
dren  swam,  played,  sang  and  crafted  the 
summer  away  at  Assonet’s  Camp  Welch, 
which  bills  itself  as  the  oldest  children's 
summer  camp  in  the  nation. 

It  was  in  May  1882  when  Thomas  and 
Janice  Chew  “brought  25  boys,  18  girls 
and  a  lot  of  dreams  with  them  when  they 
set  foot  on  the  old  Ebnenezer  Dean  Farm,” 
according  to  a  story  in  the  Aug.  5,  1984, 
Standard-Times.  “Their  mission  was  to  con¬ 
tinue  what  they  had  started  in  Fall  River 
—  to  help  shape  the  minds  and  bodies  of 
the  young  boys  and  girls  of  working  par¬ 
ents  too  busy  making  ends  meet  to  provide 
their  children  with  much  recreation.” 

Thus  was  bom  the  172-acre  refuge  for 
urban  kids  whose  backyards,  if  they  have 
them,  are  more  often  concrete  than  grass. 


It’s  also  chock  full  of  neat  things  to  do. 

“Camp  gives  you  something  fun  to  do, 
all  summer  so  you  don't  get  in  trouble,” 
said  Alexandria  Pava,  14. 

Owned  by  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River,  Camp  Welch  hosts  boys  and  girls 
ages  5  through  14  from  Fall  River  and 
surrounding  SouthCoast  communities  for 
day  and  overnight  camps. 

Staff  pointed  out  that  what  sets  Camp 
Welch  apart  from  many  others  is  that,  in 
an  effort  to  assist  working  parents,  stu¬ 
dents  can  be  dropped  off  as  early  as  6:30 
a.m.  and  picked  up  as  late  as  5:30  p.m. 

Campers  are  separated  by  age,  with  the 
younger  kids,  called  Cardinals,  sticking 
together  under  the  watchful  eye  of  Mimi 
Larrivee. 

Because  there  is  such  a  wide  age  range 
and  numerous  returning  campers,  pro¬ 
gram  directors  put  a  great  deal  of  thought 
into  keeping  everyone  interested. 


“We  try  to  vary  the  activities  and  put  a 
different  spin  on  things  every  year.  One 
of  the  things  we  do  is  have  theme  weeks. 
This  week  is  Talent  Week  and  it  will  take 
them  all  week  to  practice  for  the  show 
on  Friday,”  said  Monica  Thvares,  program 
director  for  the  preteens  and  teens. 

Past  weeks  included  Sportacular, 
Nature  Week.  Fitness  Week,  Wacky  Week, 
and  Wet  and  Wild  Week. 

The  sliding  scale  fee  for  a  week  ranges 
from  $65  to  $105,  including  breakfast  anf 
lunch,  with  financial  assistance  avafr- 
able. 

Trevor  Bosse.  8,  brought  his  elect- 
guitar  to  camp  to  rehearse  “We  Will  Ro« 
You”  for  the  talent  show. 

Asked  if  he  has  ever  played  in  front  of 
such  a  large  crowd,  the  quiet  elementary- 
schooler  shook  his  head.  ' 

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Dugout  at  a  Paw  Sox  game  at  McCoy  Stadium  recently. 


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Fall  River  Spirit  Correspondent 
FREETOWN  —  Amidst  a 
forest  of  pine  trees  under  a 
bright  blue  sky,  400  children 
swam,  played,  sang  and 
crafted  the  summer  away  at 
Assonet's  Camp  Welch,  the 
oldest  camp  in  the  nation. 

"Camp  gives  you  some¬ 
thing  fun  to  do  all  summer  so 
you  don’t  get  in  trouble,  said 
Alexandria  Pava,  14. 

Owned  by  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  Camp 
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ages  5  through  14  from  Fall  ^ 
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Because  there  is  such  a 
wide  age  range  and  numerous 
returning  campers,  program 
directors  put  a  great  deal  of 
thought  into  keeping  every¬ 
one  interested. 

“We  try  to  vary  the  activi¬ 
ties  and  put  a  different  spin 
on  things  every  year.  One 
of  the  things  we  do  is  have 
theme  weeks.  This  week  is  Tal¬ 
ent  Week  and  it  will  take  them 
all  week  to  practice  for  the 
show  on  Friday,"  said  Monica 
Tavares,  program  director  for 
the  pre-teens  and  teens. 

Past  weeks  include:  Spor- 
tacular,  Nature  Week,  Fitness 
Week,  Wacky  Week,  and  Wet 
and  Wild  Week. 

Trevor  Bosse,  8,  brought 
his  electric  guitar  to  camp  to 
rehearse  “We  Will  Rock  You” 
for  the  talent  show. 

Asked  if  he  has  ever  played 
in  front  of  such  a  large  crowd, 
the  quiet  Sylvia  Elementary 
School  student  shook  his 
head. 

"I  played  in  front  of  my 
class  once.  I’m  a  little  ner¬ 
vous,"  he  said. 

Larrivee  was  quick  to 

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SLIP  SLIDING  AWAY:  Kamden  Allard 
celebrated  passing  his  swim  test  by  going 
down  the  slide. 


HE'S  GOT  TALENT:  Trevor  Bosse  practices  on  his  electric 
guitar  for  an  upcoming  talent  show. 

LINING  UP:  Ajadynn  Coleman  spent  some  quiet  time  playing 
Connect  Four  with  a  counselor. 


PHOTOS  BY  KIM  LEDOUX/Fall  River  Spirit 


THAT'S  ENGINEERING:  Campers  creates  a  sandbox  "Hur¬ 

ricane  Bill-Proof"  car  garage  with  a  waterfall.  From  left,  Nick 
Soares,  Shymel  Rouse,  Dominick  Rocha.  Sakai  Howard,  Alex 
rahan  Andrew  Hammontree.  Rickv  Huot  and  Austin  Men- 


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Former  Red  Sox  pitcher  Brian  Rose  poses  with  team  members  from  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  and  BankFive  after  the 
teams  won  first  place  at  United  Way's  first  Live  United  Wiffle  Ball  Tournament. 


United  Way  holds  kick-off 
wiffle  ball  tournament 


FALL  RIVER  —  There 
wa 5  no  need  for  suits  and 
ties  at  United  Way’s  annual 
campaign  kick-off  event  held 
recently.  Participants  wore 
jeans  and  Live  United  T- 
shirts. 

More  than  100  people  par¬ 
ticipated  in  the  Live  United 
Wiffle  Ball  Tournament  at  the 
North  Park  Little  League  field. 

“We  are  very  pleased  to  be 
opening  this  year's  campaign 
with  our  first-ever  wiffle 
ball  tournament,"  said  Bob 
Horne,  United  Way  executive 
director.  “Our  kick-off  serves 
as  an  awareness  event.  It’s 


a  chance  for  our  volunteers 
and  donors  to  come  together 
and  have  fun  while  learning 
a  little  bit  about  our  United 
Way." 

Teams  consisted  of  staff 
from  area  businesses  and 
agencies  such  as  CD  Rec, 
W.O.R.D.  Inc,  Steppingstone, 
Citizens-Union  Bank, 
BankFive  and  Dominion 
Energy. 

A  team  called  the  United 
Way  AllStars  was  also  formed 
and  consisted  of  10  United 
Way  board  members  with 
WSAR’s  “Happy  Hec" 
Gauthier  as  the  pitcher. 


Anotheni-elebrity  guest 
was  former  Red  Sox  pitcher 
Brian  Rose,  who  teamed  up 
with  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

Raffle  prizes  were  awarded 
and  pizza  was  donated  by 
Domino’s  Pizza  on  South 
Main  Street,  which  is  man¬ 
aged  by  Seth  Hockert-Lotz. 

The  event’s  big  winners 
were  team  members  from 
BankFive  and  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club,  who  walked  away 
with  first  place  in  the  compe¬ 
tition  against  70  other  players. 

CDRec  and  Citizens- 
Unidn  Savings  Bank  were 
awarded  a  second-place  prize. 


FALL  RIVER 

Arts  on 


a  mission 

Boys  and  Girls  Club 
brings  art  education 
to  the  forefront 

Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Stall  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Art  has  always  been  an  area 
of  concern  for  Peter  McCarthy. 

McCarthy,  the  executive  director  of  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River,  felt  that  his  organi¬ 
zation  was  not  meeting  the  artistic  needs  of  the 
400  children  that  attend  the  dub  on  a  daily  basis. 

“We  rated  ourselves  low  in  the  arts,”  said 
McCarthy.  "This  is  one  area  in  our  program  that 
we  are  lacking.” 

Determined  to  bolster  the  art  program, 
McCarthy  gutted  what  was  previously  a 
ceramics  shop  and  gave  it  a  fresh  coat  of  paint. 
Home  Depot  volunteered  its  services  to  re-tile 
the  floor  and  the  art  program  started  to  take 
shape. 

His  next  step  was  hiring  a  teacher  to  work 
with  the  children.  McCarthy  selected  Jim  Kay, 
who  has  an  extensive  background  in  die  arts, 
induding  a  10-year  stint  as  the  art  director  at 
the  Khmer  Family  Resource  Center. 

McCarthy  had  a  room  and  a  teacher,  but  he 
needed  funding  to  purchase  furniture  and  sup¬ 
plies.  Enter  Michael  Lund. 

Lund,  the  owner  of  Borden  Light  Marina 
and  a  Fall  River  dty  councilor,  organized  a  ciga¬ 
rette  boat  race  over  the  summer  and  die  $5,000 
raised  went  to  a  stunned  McCarthy. 


HfRAU)  News  Pmoio  |  Jack  Four 

Jalil  Braxton,  10,  is  unmasked  by  the  mask's  maker,  Jim  Kay,  to  the  delight  of  City  Councilor  Mike  Lund  in  the 
art  classroom  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club,  where  Kay  will  be  teaching. 


“I  trust  Peter  (McCarthy),”  said  Lund.  “I’ve 
had  the  opportunity  to  meet  his  staff.  I  knew  the 
money  would  go  somewhere  worthwhile.” 

Lund  was  pleased  to  hear  the  proceeds 
would  go  toward  funding  the  art  program. 

“Anytime  a  child  is  exposed  to  things  they 
wouldn’t  have  been  otherwise  it  can  open  up  a 
door  for  them,”  he  said. 

Kay  began  teaching  a  couple  of  weeks  ago. 

He  plans  on  working  2  to  3  days  per  week  with 
classes  divided  by  age.  Kay  is  excited  about  the 
possibilities  offered  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

“This  is  a  perfect  spot,”  he  said.  “All  these 
kids,  as  far  as  I’m  concerned,  have  got  to  have 


art.  I  can  teach  you  how  to  draw  and  you  will 
see  better.  You  will  learn  to  see  all  over  again.  It’s 
good  for  the  soul.” 

Kay  is  hoping  to  have  some  sort  of  project 
ready  for  Christmas  and  will  participate  in  New 
Bedford’s  Earth  Day  parade  in  the  spring.  Kay 
has  shown  his  students  paper  mache  sculptures 
he  created  and  they  were  excited  about  making 
their  own. 

Tm  hoping  we  will  be  doing  a  bunch  of 
things,”  said  Kay.  “I  hope  we  go  on  from  there 
and  develop  a  whole  arts  program.” 

E-mail  Derek  Vital  at  dvttal@heraldnews.com. 


FALL  RIVER  '/  ^  > 

GENEROUS  PORTION 

City  restaurant  raises  money  for  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


Heraid  News  Photo  |  Dave  Souza 

Kids  from  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  gather  at  99  Restaurant  for  a  visit  and  to  pick  up  a  check  for  56,000  that  the  com¬ 
pany  donated. 


restaurant  today  by  doing  their 
homework,”  McCarthy  said, 
gesturing  toward  10  kids  he’d 
brought  to  Ninety-Nine  for  a 
free  celebratory  meal. 

“They  do  that  once  a  month,” 
McCarthy  said  of  Ninety-Nine. 

McCarthy  said  the  relation¬ 
ship  between  the  Boys  8c  Girls 
Club  and  the  restaurant  dates 


back  a  number  of  years.  During 
that  time,  food  was  donated  for 
functions  at  the  club.  Children 
were  treated  to  monthly  reward 
meals  and  tours  of  the  kitchen. 
Kids  interested  in  culinary 
careers  got  to  meet  the  chefs  and 
managers. 

The  Fall  River  Ninety-Nine 
also  held  a  toy  drive  for  the  club 


and  helped  build  a  playground  at 
the  club’s  Bedford  Street  site. 

On  the  corporate  level,  the 
Ninety-Nine  has  had  a  12-year 
relationship  with  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  and  this  year  raised  a 
total  of  $99,000  for  the  club. 

E-mail  Marc  Munroe  Dion  at 
mdion@heraldnews.com. 


for 


Marc  Munroe  Dion 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  A  recent 
donation  of  $6,000  from  cus¬ 
tomers  and  staff  at  Fall  River’s 
Ninety-Nine  Restaurant  to  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  is  an  example 
of  the  city’s  charitable  spirit 
—  a  spirit  that  lives  even  during 
times  of  double-digit  unemploy¬ 
ment. 

“This  store  raised  the  largest 
amount  of  money,  and  there 
are  116  Ninety-Nines  in  the 
northeast,”  said  Manager  Lisa 
Tanguay.  “That’s  incredible 
considering  the  unemployment 
rate  in  Fall  River.” 

Tanguay  said  the  $6,000  was 
raised  by  customers  donating  $1 
each  to  the  fund  and  by  a  series 
of  raffles. 

"It  really  is  amazing,”  she 
said. 

“It’s  a  very  good  cause,”  said 
Kitchen  Manager  Robert  Taylor. 

Both  Tanguay  and  Taylor 
said  the  donation  would  not 
have  been  possible  without 
effort  from  the  entire  Ninety- 
Nine  staff. 

“They’re  good  to  the 
club,”  said  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy.  “That’s  not  just  in 
Fall  River,  either.  That’s  nation¬ 
ally,  corporately.  In  Fall  River, 
they  hook  us  up  all  the  time.” 

“It’s  (the  donation)  going  into 
our  homework  area,”  McCarthy 
said.  He  said  the  money  would 
be  used  to  purchase  supplies  and 
provide  staff  to  assist  students 
with  their  homework. 

“These  kids  won  dinner  at  the 


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Holiday:  Turkey  Day 
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donation,  roughly  $81,000, 
will  fund  the  Fall  River  Kids 
Caff,  which  will  provide 
38,000  hot  meals  for  local 
children. 

Stop  &  Shop  associates 
served  meals  alongside  rep¬ 
resentatives  from  Breyers  Ice 
Cream,  which  donated  free 
scoops  of  ice  cream  for  the 
occasion. 

The  two  organizations 
recently  teamed  up  to  raise 
$100,000  to  fight  childhood 
hunger  through  programs  like 
Kids  Caff. 

A  check  for  that  amount 
was  presented  by  Stop  8c 
Shop/Breyers  Ice  Cream  to 
McCarthy  at  the  dinner. 

“We  want  to  make  it  easy 
for  families  to  share  a  meal 
together  this  Thanksgiving,” 
said  Faith  Weiner,  senior 
director  of  public  affairs  for 


Stop  8c  Shop.  “The  need  is 
great  and  Kids  Caf6  is  a  simple 
way  to  give  back  to  the  com¬ 
munity  and  families  we  serve.” 

Kids  Cafes/Backpack 
Programs  are  just  one  of  the 
ways  customers  can  con¬ 
tribute  to  hunger  relief  funded 
by  Stop  8c  Shop. 

A  recent  $1.5  million  grant 
through  the  Stop  8c  Shop/ 
Giant  Family  Foundation 
will  fund  hunger  relief  efforts 
through  Kids  Cafts  and  back¬ 
pack  programs  for  the  next 
three  vears,  Weiner  stated. 

“The  programs  provide 
free,  nutritious  meals  and 
snacks  to  low  income  children 
through  Boys  8c  Girls  Clubs, 
churches  and  public  schools. 

Volunteers  and  Stop 
8c  Shop  associates  served 
the  many  Fall  River  fami¬ 
lies,  enjoying  an  early 
Thanksgiving  dinner. 


Club:  Discount  available 


OPEN  HOUSE 


Boys  &  Girls  Club 
expecting  a  crowd 


rek  Vital 

ild  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Food, 
zes  and  fun  are  on  the 
cket  for  the  fourth  annual 
;k  Off  Celebration  and 
>en  House  at  the  Boys  8c 
rls  Club  on  Saturday. 

The  rain-or-shine  event 
ns  from  noon  to  3  p.m.  at 
3  Bedford  St.  and  is  open 


to  the  public.  Last  year,  more 
than  300  people  turned  out 
for  the  festivities. 

“If  you  drive  by  we  will 
have  music  blaring  and 
hot  dogs  on  the  grill,”  said 
Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy.  “It’s  amazingly 
well-received.  We  usually  get 
a  great  turnout.” 

Turn  to  CLUB,  Page  A4 


THANKSGIVING 


From  Page  A1 

Anyone  in  attendance  will 
be  able  to  purchase  a  club 
membership  for  half  price. 
There  will  be  games,  arts  and 
crafts,  raffle  prizes,  a  disc 
jockey  and  various  contests  to 
keep  the  crowd  entertained. 

fiWe  will  have  a  lot  of  dif¬ 
ferent  incentives  for  people,” 
said  McCarthy. 

The  open  house  serves  as 
an  opportunity  to  introduce 
families  to  the  various  program 
offered  at  the  Boys  and  Girls 


Club.  There  are  a  wide  range 
of  activities  for  members, 
including  swimming,  soccer, 
basketball,  flag  football,  arts 
and  crafts,  homework  help  and 
a  reading  club.  The  main  club 
facility  is  handicapped-acces¬ 
sible  and  offers  inclusive  pro¬ 
grams  for  youths  of  all  abilities. 

For  more  information, 
please  contact  the  Boys  8c  Girls 
Club  at  508-672-6340. 

E-mail  Derek  Vital  at 
dvital@heraldnews.com. 


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Children  play 
after  school 
at  the  Fall 
River  Boys 
&  Girls  Club. 
The  club  is 
holding  its 
annual  open 
house  today 
to  show  off 
its  programs 
and  activi¬ 
ties. 

Hebaid  News 
Phoio  |  Jacx  four 


.  ....  .  ,  Hemic  News  Photo 1  Dave  Souza 

Kylee  Davis  and  Leilam  Fonte  enjoy  a  turkey  dinner  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  on  Thursday.  The  club's  Kids  Cafe  program,  which  has  been  running  for 
the  last  eight  years,  provides  meals  and  snacks  for  local  children. 


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THANKSGIVING, 
TAKE  1 

Boys  &  Girls  Club 
hosts  pre-holiday 
dinner  for  300 
local  children  and 
families 


ALL  THE  TRIMMINGS:  6  year-old  Bakassa  Smith 
of  Fall  River  heads  for  her  table  with  a  turkey  din¬ 
ner. 


DIGGING  IN:  At  the  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  of 
America  club,  children  enjoy  a  turkey  dinner. 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  served 
Thanksgiving  dinner  to  more  than  300  lo¬ 
cal  children  and  families  on  Nov.  19.  The 
celebration  marked  the  eighth  year  of  the 
Fall  River  Kids  Cafe,  which  provides  free 
hot  meals  and  healthy  snacks  to  300  chil¬ 
dren  daily. 

"We  want  to  make  it  easy  for  families  to 
share  a  meal  together  this  Thanksgiving,” 
said  Faith  Weiner,  senior  director  of  public 
affairs  for  Stop  &  Shop,  which  served  the 
meals.  “The  need  is  great  and  Kids  Cafe  is  a 
simple  way  to  give  back  to  the  community 
and  families  we  serve.” 

The  program  is  funded  through  the 
Greater  Boston  Food  Bank  which  recently 
received  a  three-year,  $405,000  commit¬ 
ment  from  the  Stop  &  Shop/Giant  Family 
Foundation.  Sixty  percent  of  this  year’s  do¬ 
nation,  roughly  $81,000,  will  fund  the  Fall 
River  Kids  Cafe,  which  will  provide  38,000 
hot  meals  for  local  children. 

PHOTOS  COURTESY  BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 


HAPPY  TOGETHER:  Students  in  Pauline  McGrath's  TV  3  class  pos 
worked  with  to  produce  commercials  for  local  businesses. 


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with  the  clients  they 


SOUP’S  ON:  Fall  River  Boys  &  Girls  Club  cook, 
Arlene  Omosefunmi,  prepares  a  turkey  broth  be¬ 
fore  Thursday  nights  dinner. 


Sground:  Volunteer  effort  at  Boys  and  Girls  Club  set  for  Tuesday 

.  .  .  .  new  $3.5  million  addition  nlawmnn/l  nr.v.  ♦,»  . . 


From  Page  A1 

benches  and  planters.  It  will 
accommodate  about  45  kids, 
ages  5  to  12. 

"It’s  enclosed  so  it’s  safe. 
And,  it’s  lit,”  McCarthy  said. 

The  new  playground  will 
eliminate  the  need  to  march 
some  50  kids  up  Bedford  Street 
to  Columbus  Park  after  their 
3:30  p.m.  snack  for  some  out¬ 
side  play. 

This  will  be  the  first  time 
the  facility  will  have  an  out¬ 
side  playground.  Before  the 


new  $3.5  million  addition 
and  remodeling  project,  there 
wasn’t  any  space.  And,  now: 
“We  have  dirt,”  McCarthy  said. 
“We’ve  been  waiting  five  years 
for  the  playground.” 

McCarthy  said  the  club  is 
using  a  $25,000  capital  dona¬ 
tion  from  Ronald  McDonald 
House  Charities,  and  a  grant 
from  KaBOOM,  a  national 
nonprofit  organization  that 
envisions  a  playground  within 
walking  distance  of  every  child 
in  America,  to  meet  the  $50,000 


playground  price  tag. 

To  obtain  the  grant  from 
KaBOOM,  McCarthy  said  he 
had  to  find  100  volunteers  from 
the  community  to  help  build 
the  playground,  which  he  had 
no  problem  accomplishing. 

KaBOOM,  which  has  built 
some  1,000  playgrounds  in  the 
United  States,  received  funding 
for  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
from  Allergan  Pharmaceuticals. 
They  are  sending  about  75  vol¬ 
unteers. 

The  management  of  the  99 


Restaurant  will  be  on  site,  not 
only  to  help  bujld,  but  to  pro¬ 
vide  and  cook  food  for  all  of 
the  volunteers.  They  plan  to 
barbecue  hamburgers,  hotdogs 
and  more.  Dominion  Energy  is 
also  volunteering,  as  are  several 
United  Way  agencies,  like  the 
Family  Service  Association. 

This  will  be  the  conclusion 
of  construction  at  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club. 

The  club  dedicated  its  new 
Youth  Building,  which  houses 
the  Rodgers  Teen  Center  and 


the  Earle  P.  Charlton  Library, 
in  November.  It  also  added  sev¬ 
eral  new  educational  and  pre¬ 
vention  programs  in  the  new 
space,  and  feeds  some  225  kids 
in  the  state-of-the-art  Kid’s 
Cafe  kitchen  five  nights  per 
week. 

McCarthy  said  thousands  of 
young  children  and  teens  use 
the  space  at  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club. 


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Rockland  Trust  donated  $3,000  to  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River.  The 
Bank's  donation  will  help  support  the 
Club's  Tutoring  Center,  where  children 
are  assisted  with  schoolwork  during 
the  afterschool  program.  A  check 
for  $3,000  was  presented  to  Peter 
McCarthy,  executive  director  of  the 
Club,  on  Oct  29.  At  right  McCarthy, 
left  and  Club  Board  President  Irene 
Orlando  receive  $3,000  check  from 
Lenore  Tavares,  regional  branch  man¬ 
ager  for  Rockland  Trust 

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OUT  WITH  THE  OLD 


Boys  and  Girls 
Club  celebrates 
new  year  with 
early  ball  drop 

Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  transformed  into 
Times  Square  for  Fall  River's 
earliest  New  Year’s  celebration.  A 
group  of  excited  children  rattled 
noisemakers  and  had  confetti 
rain  down  on  them  as  the  ball 
dropped  at  midnight  (actually 
noon)  to  signify  the  start  of  2010. 

The  event  started  three  years 
ago  when  a  club  staffer  suggested 
the  idea  to  executive  director 
Peter  McCarthy. 

“It  has  become  a  tradition 
around 
here,” 
McCarthy 
said.  “When 
we  opened 
up  the  new 
addition 
we  had 
the  space 
to  do  it.” 
McCarthy 
held  a 
black  paper 
mache  ball 
created  by 
Boys  and 
Girls  Club 
members. 

As  the  clock 
approached 
noon,  they  slowly  dropped  the 
ball  from  the  third  floor  as  a 
group  of  children  waited  on 
the  first  floor  below.  The  kids 
counted  down  from  10  and  on  1 
shouted  “Happy  New  Year!”  and 
rattled  their  homemade  noise- 
makers,  made  out  of  decorated 
paper  bags  and  recycled  paper 
towel  rolls  with  uncooked  pasta 
inside. 

While  some  of  the  older  kids 
planned  on  staying  up  until  mid¬ 
night  to  ring  in  the  true  New 
Year,  they  still  had  a  great  time  at 
the  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

Ten-year-old  Amber  Souza 
said  New  Year’s  is  a  big  deal  in 
her  family  as  her  grandfather’s 
birthday  falls  on  Jan.  1  and  one  of 
her  cousins  was  bom  on  Dec.  31. 

“We  have  a  big  party  every 
year,”  said  Souza,  who  enjoyed 
making  the  noisemakers  and 


"I  liked 

throwing 

the 

confetti 
on  my 
friends." 

— 1 1  -year-old 
Yazlyn  Quiros, 
who  celebrated 
the  new  year 
early  at  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club 
ball  drop. 


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throwing  stuff  in  the  air. 

The  highlight  for  12-year-old 
Kayla  ThiDault  was  when  the  ball 
dropped  and  the  confetti  fell.  The 
confetti  was  also  a  big  hit  with 
11 -year-old  Jahnya  Mohamed. 

“I  liked  throwing  it  at  other 
people,”  Mohamed  said. 


Ismael  Acosta  snared  the  ball 
and  intended  to  take  it  home  to 
commemorate  the  New  Year’s 
Eve  celebration. 

“It  was  bouncing  around  so  I 
grabbed  it,”  Acosta  said. 

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“The  kids  had  a 
blast,  and  that's  all 
that  matters." 

—  Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 


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Troop  support 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  Is  collecting  supplies  to  send  to  soldiers  stationed  overseas.  Teens  taking 
part  in  the  "Show  Our  Support"  campaign  aimed  at  bringing  awareness  to  and  support  for  those  affected  by  war 
include,  from  Ipft  to  right,  Kendra  Sullivan,  Nicole  Cookingham,  Leeara  Hunt,  Sakiynah  Howard,  Nikita  Sikora  and 
Kendra  Valente.  Products  like  toiletries,  candy  and  crackers  are  of  particular  need  with  the  troops.  Donations  are 
being  accepted  through  Feb.  22.  To  make  a  donation  or  for  more  information,  contact  Mimi  Larrivee  at  508-672- 
6340  or  mlarrivee@fallriverbgc.org. 


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Pledging  a  peaceful 


The  most  important  news 
;  event  to  occur  in  the  city  of 
Fall  River  last  week  didn’t 
involve  a  single  politician. 

It  wasn’t  about  shrinking 
budgets,  foreclosures  or  the 
i  other  bad  economic  news 
that  has  dominated  the  local 
and  national  conversation 
for  so  long.  In  fact,  this  story 
included  no  bad  news  at  all 
—  only  the  very  good  news 
that  occasionally  makes  the 
headlines  when  kids  learn 
valuable  lessons  they  can 
carry  with  them  for  the  rest  of 
their  lives. 

Last  Friday  evening  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  a  price¬ 
less  community  resource  for 
hundreds  of  city  residents, 

1  a  group  of  about  200  chil¬ 
dren  came  together  to  take 
,  a  small  but  very  important 
,  first  step  that  I  hope  will 
l  become  a  lifelong  marathon. 

By  reciting  a  simple  58 -word 
“Peace  Pledge”  at  a  ceremony 
sponsored  jointly  by  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  and  the 
Katie  Brown  Educational 
Program,  the  young  par¬ 
ticipants  pledged  to  live  their 
lives  with  an  appreciation 
for  the  important  concepts 
of  respect,  responsibility  and 
I  kindness. 

Joining  the  proceedings  on 
a  night  off  from  the  serious 
and  often  dangerous  profes¬ 
sional  duties  that  occupy  his 
time  was  Fall  River  Police 
Officer  John  Lapointe.  He 
spoke  to  those  assembled, 
challenging  them  to  make 
good  choices,  resist  the  temp¬ 
tations  of  gang  activity  and 
avoid  violence  in  their  lives. 
Standing  before  the  large 
group  of  fresh  faces,  he  served 
up  rapid-fire  questions, 
tossing  Frisbees  to  those  pro¬ 
viding  the  correct  answers. 

The  usually  soft-spoken 
veteran  officer  has  a  lot  of 
answers  when  it  comes  to 
keeping  kids  safe  and  teaching 
them  about  the  very  real  dan¬ 
gers  of  gang  life.  He  knows 
the  colors  they  wear,  the  signs 
they  flash  to  both  friends 
ana  rivals  and,  tragically,  the 
downward  spiral  their  lives 


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inevitably  take.  He  and  fre¬ 
quent  partner  Officer  Brett 
Kimball  have  visited  all  cor¬ 
ners  of  the  city  over  the  past 
few  years,  raising  awareness 
about  the  presence  of  gangs 
in  Fall  River  and  the  attempts 
by  gang  leaders  to*seek  out 
vulnerable  kids  who  will  add 
to  their  ranks. 

On  this  Friday  evening, 
Officer  Lapointe  didn’t  have 
to  break  up  a  fight  or  make 
an  arrest  on  one  of  the  streets 
where  he  grew  up.  Instead,  he 
was  there  on  the  club’s  hard¬ 
wood  floor  to  teach,  to  inspire 
and  do  the  other  things  he’ll 
tell  you  with  humility  are  just 
part  of  the  job. 

But  John  Lapointe  wasn’t 
on  the  job  Friday  night  —  not 
technically.  As  he  has  for  the 
past  four  years,  this  22-year 
career  officer  was  volun¬ 
teering  his  time  at  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club.  By  meeting 
with  kids  there,  he  hopes  to 
prevent  future  meetings  with 
them  on  the  streets  under  less 
positive  circumstances. 

It’s  a  complete  understate¬ 
ment  to  say  that  Fall  River 
is  fortunate  to  have  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  firmly  planted 
in  its  Bedford  Street  neigh¬ 
borhood.  Talk  even  briefly  to 


existence 

Peter  McCarthy,  the  club’s 
executive  director,  and  you 
will  immediately  recognize 
the  passion  and  enthusiasm 
that  drive  him  every  day. 
You’ll  also  understand  how 
this  remarkable  facility  is 
changing  lives  for  the  better 
—  teaching  kids  every  day 
about  the  important  lessons 
of  teamwork  and  cooperation. 

And  if  ever  there  was 
an  organization  that  exem¬ 
plifies  the  life-affirming 
rewards  given  to  those  who 
reject  violence,  it’s  the  Katie 
Brown  Educational  Program. 
Formed  following  the  need¬ 
less  and  tragic  death  of  the 
organization’s  namesake, 

KBEP  very  effectively  teaches 
that  relationships  are  never 
held  together  by  violence  and 
that  those  who  settle  their 
scores  with  brutality  never 
truly  win  any  fight. 

Communities  are  made 
better  when  skilled  indi¬ 
viduals  and  organizations 
create  strong  partnerships 
and  channel  their  energies  to 
improve  the  quality  of  life  for 
all.  We  can  only  hope  that  the 
week-long  series  of  activities 
supported  by  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club,  the  Katie  Brown 
Educational  Program  and  the 
Fall  River  Police  Department 
will  create  a  hunger  for  non¬ 
violence  and  a  repudiation  of 
gang  life  for  the  children  who 
participated. 

At  a  time  in  their  lives 
when  acceptance  by  peers 
and  being  cool  represent  such 
desirable  goals,  it’s  essential 
that  young  people  realize 
that  the  ideas  represented 
by  the  simple  Peace  Pledge 
they  recited  are  important  to 
embrace. 

We  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude 
to  those  in  our  community 
who  make  it  their  highest 
priority  to  ensure  the  safety 
of  children  and  who  reinforce 
the  fundamental  idea  that 
opposing  violence  is  not  a 
sign  of  weakness,  but  one  of 
strength. 

That  priority  was  strongly 
emphasized  in  Fall  River  last 
Friday,  and  that’s  very  big 
news. 


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Some  of  the  artwork  produced  by  students  In  the  Boys  »  Girls  club's  art  classes. 


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“They  taught  me  how  to 
hold  a  pencil,  keep  moving 
forward  and  never  give  up,” 
said  Caballero,  who  stenciled 
a  picture  of  a  cat.  “It’s  some¬ 
thing  I’ll  try  to  keep  getting 
better  at.” 

Mandy  Ducy,  26,  whose 
high  school  artwork  was  dis¬ 
played  in  the  atrium  under 
the  “alumni”  category  as  a 
former  member  of  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club,  said  it  was  nice  to 
see  her  old  artwork  on  display 
and  for  the  other  students  to 
have  a  place  where  their  art 
can  shine. 

“It  gives  them  a  little 
outlet,  allows  them  to  be 


creative,”  said  Ducy.  “With 
art  being  cut  from  so  many 
schools,  it’s  nice  that  kids 
have  the  opportunity  to  come 
and  do  fine  art  somewhere 
else.” 

Coderre  said  the  art  classes 
and  supplies  were  free  to  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  members.  The 
exhibit  age  categories  were  9 
and  under;  10  to  12;  and  13  to 
18.  More  than  a  dozen  pieces 
were  awarded  first-prize  rib¬ 
bons  in  their  respective  media 
and  will  have  the  opportunity 
to  compete  at  a  regional  level 
next  in  Groton,  Conn.  Any 
artwork  that  makes  it  past  the 
regional  level  will  then  com¬ 
pete  at  the  national  level  at 


the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  head¬ 
quarters  in  Atlanta. 

Marissa  Surgerts,  13,  said 
she  was  proud  of  her  water 
color  artwork  that  was  on 
display,  but  even  prouder  that 
it  was  tabbed  as  a  first-place 
prize  winner. 

“This  was  a  great  pro¬ 
gram,”  said  Surgens.  “I  have 
never  done  anything  like  this 
before." 

The  art  exhibit  will  be  on 
display  Tuesday  to  Friday,  6 
p.m.  to  8  p.m.  and  Saturday 
10  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  until  Feb. 

12. 


E-mail  Jay  Pateakos  at 
JPATEAKOS@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


Boys  &  Girls  Club  joins  national  art  project 


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original 
artwork  in 

a  video. 

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Jay  Pateakos 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Art  classes 
are  disappearing  from  cash- 
strapped  schools,  but  the  Boys 
St  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is 
using  grant  money  to  spark - 
an  arts  revival,  starting  with 
its  participation  in  the  parent 
organization’s  National  Fine 
Arts  Exhibits  Program. 

The  Boys  8c  Girls  Club’s 
atrium  is  now  home  to  105 
pieces  of  art  using  various 
media  made  by  54  students 
from  kindergarten  to  high 
schooL  Peter  McCarthy,  the 

club’s  executive 
director,  said  the 
entire  project 
was  made  pos¬ 
sible  by  $16,000 
in  grants. 

Students 
used  to  go  to  the 
club’s  art  room 
and  draw  what 
they  pleased,  but 
E .  -  McCarthy  said 
the  grants  have 
'  allowed  the  dub 
to  hire  instructors  to  teach  spe¬ 
cific  art  methods. 

“We  hope  that  this  program 
will  help  to  create  awareness 
for  some  members  that  may 
not  attend  our  art  room,  stu¬ 
dents  that  will  see  this  artwork 
and  realize  that  ‘Hey,  I  can  do 
that’  or  ‘I  can  draw  like  that,”’ 
McCarthy  said. 

Youth  Services  Director 
Adam  Coderre  said  instructors 
taught  a  number  of  different 
methods,  including  multicolor 
design,  water  color,  mixed 
media  and  more  to  give  the  stu¬ 
dents  more  direction. 

“It  went  from  October  to 
December  and  was  between 
four  to  five  times  each  week 
rather  than  just  once  a  week,” 
said  Coderre.  “Sure,  there  were 
some  growing  pains  with  stu¬ 
dents  used  to  being  able  to  walk 
in  there  and  do  their  own  thing 
before,  but  they  got  used  to  it 
and  the  results  were  amazing.” 

Katie  Grinnell,  a  B.M.C. 
Durfee  senior,  headed  up  the 
Boys  8c  Girls  Club  Art  pro¬ 
gram.  She  said  it  was  incred¬ 
ible  to  finally  see  the  finished 
results  after  so  many  months  of 
working  with  the  students. 

“I’m  so  proud  of  all  the  kids 
and  the  work  they  did.  Many  of 
them  liked  to  draw  but  it  was 
difficult  at  first  to  get  them  into 
being  instructed,”  Grinnell  said. 
“But  everything  looks  so  pro¬ 
fessional.  It’s  more  than  I  ever 
could  have  dreamed  of.” 

Twelve-year-old  Jayson 
Caballero  said  the  instruction 
gave  him  valuable  knowledge. 

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Heraid  News  Photos  |  J«<  four 

Brenna  Lopes,  10,  points  out  her  painting  of  a  forest  stream  at  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River.  The  young  artist  said  she  wanted  to  paint  a  nature  scene,  and 
did  so  using  an  image  pulled  from  her  own  imagination.  Below,  Marisa  Surgens, 
13,  won  a  blue  ribbon  for  her  picture  of  an  athletic  shoe, 


..  ,  ,  .  „  ,  ,  Photo  Courtesy  BCC 

Members  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  were  guests  at  Saturday's 
men's  basketball  game  between  Bristol  Community  College  and 
Quinsigamond  Community  College.  BCC  players  (from  left)  Sonny  Mello, 
Brian  Carbajal  and  Frank  Stephenson  are  alumni  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


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Derek  Vital 


Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

,  nnr^LL|RIVER  T  The/re  more  than 
3,000  miles  away  from  Vancouver, 
but  children  at  the  Boys  8c  Girls  Club 
in  Fall  River  got  to  share  in  the  excite¬ 
ment  of  the  Winter  Olympics  this 
week. 

School  Program  Director  Kevin 
Vorro  came  up  with  the  idea  to  have 
the  members  participate  in  activities 
like  luge,  skeleton,  short-track  speed 
skating  and  hockey. 

“This  has  worked  out  absolutely 
perfectly,  said  Vorro.  “It  was  great 
timing.” 

Vorro  said  the  club  frequently 
comes  up  with  theme  weeks  during 
school  vacations  to  break  up  the 
monotony  of  the  everyday  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  activities.  The  club  hosts  a 
Summer  Olympic-themed  week  every 
year  at  Camp  Welch  in  Freetown,  so 


they  thought  they  would  add  a  fiin 
winter  event. 

From  the  opening  ceremonies  on 
Monday  to  the  closing  ceremonies 
today,  children  in  two  age  groups 
—  kindergarten  through  second  grade 
ai?d^rades  3  through  8>  competed  in 
the  Olympic-themed  events  without 
leaving  the  club. 

Luge  events  took  place  in  the  gym¬ 
nasium,  where  children  attempted 
to  maneuver  an  obstacle  course  on 
dolleys  with  four  wheels.  Two-person 
Juge  required  children  to  partner  up 
with  another  member  while  alter¬ 
nating  between  riding  the  “luge”  and 
pushing  a  teammate  along  the  course. 
Competitors  simulated  short-track 
speed  skating  by  riding  the  dolleys 
backwards  and  pushing  with  their  legs 
around  an  oval  set  up  at  center  court 
on  the  basketball  floor.  Staffers  even 
cleared  out  a  space  in  the  game  room  to 
host  two-on-two  floor  hockey. 


THE  EVENTS 

—  Luge  (one-  and  two-person) 

—  Skeleton 

—  Short-track  speed  skating 
2-on-2  floor  hockey 

Members  who  didn't  compete  in 
events  still  shared  in  the  Winter 
Olympic  fever.  In  the  arts  and  crafts 
room,  children  created  an  Olympic 
torch,  the  trademark  Olympic  rings, 
nags  from  some  of  the  countries,  and 
gold  medals  to  give  to  each  of  the  par¬ 
ticipants.  .  F 

The  kids  are  having  a  blast,”  said 
Executive  Director  Peter  McCarthy 
It  was  a  great  idea  to  bring  the 
Olympics  here.” 

E-mail  Derek  Vital  at 
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It's  10  free  throws  for 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director  of  Fall  River  Boys  & 

Girls  Club,  Watch  the  video  online  at: 

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B.  Stang  vs. 
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BOYS'  HOOPS 


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WHERE  at  B.  Stang. 

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Helping  the  club 

Fall  River  Mayor  Will  Flanagan  recently  joined  the  staff  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  to  serve  dinner  to  120  youths  as 
part  of  the  Kids  Cafe  program.  Also,  the  Billy  Andrade-Brad  Faxon  Charities  for  Children  has  granted  $7,600  in 
support  of  “Safe  and  Sound  Saturdays,'  an  educational  activities  program  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club. 


A6  Thursday,  March  25,  2010 _ _ 

Fall  River  celebrates  Boys  &  Girls  Club  Week  with  full  slate  of  activities 


National  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
Week  is  in  swing  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  and 
Citizens- Union  Savings  Bank 
has  announced  a  two-year 
exclusive  sponsorship  of  this 
week-long  program. 

Until  March  27,  the  Fall 
River  club  will  join  4,000  Boys 
&  Girls  Clubs  nationwide  in 
the  celebration  of  National 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  Week.  This 
full  week  of  activities  is 
focused  on  education  and 
technology,  social  recreation 
and  families. 

"This  is  an  opportunity 
to  educate  the  community 
about  the  work  of  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club,  and  encourage 
volunteerism  that  will  make  a 
difference  in  the  life  of  a  Fall 


River  child,”  declared  Peter 
McCarthy,  executive  director 
of  the  Club.  "We  are  so  thrilled 
to  welcome  Citizens-Union 
Savings  Bank  as  our  first  spon¬ 
sor  of  this  exciting  program 
for  the  next  two  years.” 

Various  activities,  such  as 
Friday  Family  Night  on  March 
26,  are  designed  to  welcome 
parents  and  guardians  of 
Clubs  members  to  tour  the 
Club  and  meet  the  staff. 

As  many  as  fifteen  volun¬ 
teers  from  Citizens-Union 
Savings  Bank  will  also  serve 
dinner  to  the  Club  members 
throughout  the  week  in  addi¬ 
tion  to  being  involved  in  some 
of  the  educational  activities. 
Over  400  Fall  River  youth  and 
teens  are  expected  to  partici¬ 


pate  in  daily  National  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  Week  activities. 

“Citizens-Union  is  pleased 
to  help  raise  awareness  of  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  and  all  that 
they  do  for  the  youth  of  our 
community.  Investing  both 
human  and  financial  resourc¬ 
es  in  the  development  of  our 
youth  is  one  way  we  can  make 
life  a  little  better  for  those  who 
live  and  work  in  the  Greater 
Fall  River  Area,"  commented 
Nicholas  M.  Christ,  president 
and  CEO  of  Citizens-Union 
Savings  Bank. 

Citizens-Union  Savings 
Bank,  with  nine  offices  in 
southeastern  Massachusetts 
and  Rhode  Island,  offers  a 
wide  range  of  financial  ser¬ 
vices  including  investment 


management,  trust,  insurance 
and  brokerage  services  to 
consumers  and  businesses. 

Its  affiliates  include 
Citizens-Union  Financial  Ser¬ 
vices,  offering  stocks,  bonds, 
mutual  funds,  annuities  and 
college  savings  plans;  and 
Citizens-Union  Insurance 
Agency,  LLC,  an  independent 
agency  representing  several 
insurance  companies  that 
rovide  coverage  for  automo- 
ile,  home,  life  and  business. 

The  mission  of  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is  “to 
inspire  and  enable  all  young 
people,  especially  those  who 
need  us  most,  to  realize  their 
full  potential  as  productive, 
responsible  and  caring  citi¬ 
zens." 

Added  to  the  mission  state¬ 
ment  is  our  core  belief  that 
we  will  provide:  a  safe  place  to 
learn  and  grow;  ongoing  re¬ 


lationships  with  caring,  adult 
professionals;  life-enhancing 
programs  and  character 
development  experiences 
that  will  assist  our  members 
to  complete  high  school  and 
pursue  a  post-secondary 
education. 

On  Thursday,  March  25: 
education  jeopardy  for  third 
to  eighth  grades;  K-2  guest 
reader  from  Citizens-Union 
Savings  Bank;  technol¬ 
ogy  events  for  third  to  eighth 
grades  including  an  Internet 
scavenger  hunt;  and  K-2  video 
tournaments. 

On  Friday  March  26:  fam¬ 
ily  night,  including  dinner, 
quickball,  swimming  and 
game  room  activities. 

On  Saturday,  March  27:  a 
picnic. 

More  information  is  avail¬ 
able  at  www.fallriverbgc.org. 


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FALL  RIVER 

Fall  River  youth  celebrate 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  week 

FALL  RIVER  —  National  Boys  and  Girts  Club 
Week  started  Monday  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
o(  Fall  Rivet.  Citizens-Union  Savings  Bank  has 
announced  a  two-year  exclusive  sponsorship  of  the 
weeklong  program.  The  Fall  River  club  has  iolned 
4  000  clubs  nationwide  in  celebrating  the  week, 
program's  activities  are  focused  on  education  and 
technology,  social  recreation  and  families 

Various  activities,  such  as  Friday  Family  Night 
are  designed  to  welcome  parents  and  guardians  ot 
club  members  to  tour  the  club  and  meet  the  staff. 

As  many  as  1 5  volunteers  from  Citizens-Umon 
Savings  Bank  will  serve  dinner  to  dub  members 
throughout  the  week.  They  will  also  be 
with  some  of  the  educational  activities M lore  t ton 
400  Fall  River  youth  and  teens  are  expected  to  p 

CCiThe  schedule  is  as  follows:  Today,  surprise: 
Thursday,  education  Jeopardy,  guest  reader  from 
Citizens-Union  Savings  Bank:  Internet  scavenger 

hunt  video  tournaments;  Fnday,  family  night,  farm  y 

dinner,  quickball,  swim  and  games  room  activities, 
Saturday,  picnic,  educational  program. 


A22  The  Herald  News,  Friday,  April  16,  2010  WWW.HERALDNEWS.COM 


PARTNERS  FOR  PROGRESS 


The  staff  at  the  Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Club  includes,  front  rown  from  left,  Mimi  Larrivee,  Melissa  Tavares  and  Monica  Tavares;  and  back  row,  Peter  McCarthy,  Adam  Coderre,  Kevin  Vorro,  Bill  Kiley,  and  John  Ciullo, 


Photo  |  Unwfv  DeMarco 


Boys  and 


Girls  Club  already  looking  forward  to  summer  camp 


Linda  Murphy 

Special  to  The  Herald  News 

FALL  RIVER  —  The  Fall 
River  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
is  gearing  up  for  another 
exciting,  fun-filled  summer 
for  area  children  at  Camp 
Welch,  the  club’s  140-acre 
property  in  Assonet. 

The  10-week  camp,  which 
runs  from  the  end  of  June 
though  the  beginning  of 
September,  offers  just  about 
everything  a  child  could 
ask  for:  two  Olympic-sized 
swimming  pools,  recreation 
areas,  soccer  and  baseball 
fields,  a  playground  and 
outdoor  arts  and  crafts.  “It’s 
a  fun  time  —  the  kids  love 
it,”  said  Executive  Director 
Peter  McCarthy.  “Wc  also 
feed  them  breakfast  and 
lunch  —  It’s  a  very  afford- 


BUSINESS  NAME  Boys  and  Girls 
Club 

LOCATION:  803  Bedford  St.,  Fall 
River 

CONTACT:  508-672-6340 
www.fallriverbc.org 

able  camp  for  working  par¬ 
ents.”  One-week  overnight 
stays  are  also  available  in 
July,  and  the  club  also  offers 
scholarships  and  sliding 
scale  payments. 

If  it  rains,  the  children 
and  teens  get  to  spend  the 
day  at  the  recently  renovated 
and  expanded  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  at  803  Bedford 
St.,  where  the  bulk  of  the 
club’s  programs  take  place 
throughout  the  year.  The 
55,000-square  feet  space 
includes  a  gymnasium,  pool, 
tutoring  center,  game  room, 


computer  room,  ceramics 
room,  dining  area,  child  care 
center  and  teen  center. 

“We  try  to  stay  true  to 
our  original  mission:  To 
inspire  and  enable  all  young 
people,  especially  those  who 
need  us  most,  to  realize  their 
full  potential  as  produc¬ 
tive,  responsible  and  caring 
citizens,  ’  said  McCarthy. 

To  that  end,  the  club  is 
open  six  days  a  week  and 
serves  dinner  every  night 
for  youngsters  who  may  not 
et  a  hot,  nutritious  meal  at 
ome. 

Funded  in  part  through 
a  series  of  grants,  United 
Way  funding  and  what 
McCarthy  called  the  monu¬ 
mental  fund-raising  efforts 
of  its  dedicated  board,  the 
club  (not  the  summer  camp) 
costs  only  $10  a  year  so  that 


children  and  teens  from  all 
economic  circumstances  can 
take  advantage  of  its  many 
after-school,  sports,  recre¬ 
ational  and  educational  pro¬ 
grams.  The  Stay  in  School 
program,  headed  up  by  a 
subcommittee  of  the  board, 
is  geared  toward  keeping 
teens  in  school.  “If  we  don’t 
offer  what  they  need  here, 
we  can  get  it  for  them:  GED 
classes,  tutoring,  bus  fare. 
Last  year  32  of  our  kids 
who  were  at  risk  of  falling 
through  the  cracks  gradu¬ 
ated  from  high  school  and 
nine  of  them  went  on  to  col¬ 
lege,"  said  McCarthy. 

Registration  for  Camp 
Welch  starts  this  month. 

For  more  information  about 
the  club  and  camp  see  www. 
fallriverbc.org  or  call  508- 
672-6340. 


—  S 

"We  try  to  stay  true  to  our 
original  mission:  To  inspire 
and  enable  ail  young  people, 
especially  those  who  need 
us  most,  to  realize  their 
full  potential  as  productive, 
responsible  and  caring 
citizens." 

Peter  McCarthy, 
executive  director 


I 

OUR  VIEW 


FALL  RIVER 


WILD  INSPIRATION 


Boys  and  Girls  Club  members  to  take  part  in  Earth  Day  Parade 


Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 


FALL  RIVER  —  The  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  will  be  well  rep¬ 
resented  during  this  week’s  Earth 
Day  Parade  in  New  Bedford. 

About  a  month  ago,  students 
in  Jim  Kay's  art  class  began 
working  on  creating  paper  mache 
masks  and  other  items  to  be  wont 
or  displayed  during  the  parade, 
which  will  be  held  Thursday  in 
downtown  New  Bedford.  Among 
items  the  students  created  is  a 
5V2  foot  elephant,  which  is  car¬ 
rying  the  earth  on  its  back.  It  will 
be  placed  on  a  pallet  and  rolled 
along  the  parade  route. 

“The  Earth  Day  Parade  is  a 
wonderful  opportunity  for  these 
kids,”  Kay  said. 

Kay  has  an  extensive  back¬ 
ground  in  the  arts,  including  a 
10-year  stint  as  art  director  at  the 
Khmer  Family  Resource  Center. 
He  began  teaching  art  at  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  in  November 
2009.  Soon  afterward,  Kay  had 
his  sights  set  on  having  a  display 
ready  for  the  Earth  Day  parade. 

Along  with  the  elephant,  stu¬ 
dents  have  created  a  dozen  masks 
and  seven  sandwich  boards. 

Approximately  20  children 
and  staff  members  will  participate 
in  the  parade. 

Youth  Services  Program 
Director  Adam  Coderre  said 
projects  of  this  scale  were  never 
attempted  prior  to  Kay’s  arrival. 

“We  used  to  do  mostly  one- 
stop  projects,”  Coderre  said. 

“This  has  been  a  culture  change 
for  the  kids.  For  a  project  like 
this,  they  really  need  to  commit 
to  it.” 

The  kids  have  shown  enthu¬ 
siasm  for  the  project.  Last  week, 
Chelsie  LaFountain,  Ron  Dumais, 
Brendan  Cormier  and  Elizabeth 


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Boys  and  Girls  Club  members  don  the  masks  they  designed  for  this  week's  Earth  Day  Parade  in  New  Bedford.  From  left  are 
Brendan  Cormier  as  a  snake,  Chelsie  LaFountain  as  a  parrot,  Ron  Dumais  as  a  giraffe  and  Elizabeth  Hubert  as  a  tiger. 


Hubert  were  putting  the  fin¬ 
ishing  touches  on  their  masks. 
LaFountain  created  a  highly 
detailed  red  parrot,  while  Dumais 
worked  on  his  lifelike  giraffe. 
Cormier  chose  a  snake  for  his 
mask,  and  Hubert  opted  for  a 
white  tiger. 

The  masks  are  created  by 
taking  fence  wiring  and  covering 
it  with  old  newspapers.  A  paper 
mache  clay  is  then  added  and  the 
artist  molds  the  mask  into  the 
desired  shape.  Acrylic  paint  is 


applied  to  the  mask,  followed  by 
lacquer  to  complete  the  effect. 

Though  the  Earth  Day  project 
is  designed  for  older  students, 

Kay  did  not  want  to  discourage 
younger  kids  with  a  passion  for 
art.  Ten-year-old  twins  Alexandra 
and  Nicole  Cedeno-Correa  are 
working  on  masks  for  the  parade. 
Alexandra  created  a  mask  with  an 
image  of  the  sun.  Nicole  was  still 
deciding  what  her  mask  was  going 
to  look  like. 

“It’s  been  really  fun  making 


the  mask,”  Alexandra  said. 

“I’m  excited  about  being  in  the 
parade.” 

Coderre  said  it  has  been 
exciting  watching  the  evolution  of 
the  Earth  Day  projects. 

“At  first  you  just  saw  a  bunch 
of  fencing,”  Coderre  said.  “Now 
that  they  have  started  painting 
them  they  are  really  starting  to 
pop.” 

E-mail  Derek  Vital  at 

DVITAL@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


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Walsh  and  Disctrict  Court  Judge  Brian 
Gilligan,  who  ordered  an  accused  drunk 
driver  held  in  jail  pending  a  dangerousness 
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cases  involving  gun  or  knife 
violence.  Drunk  driving, 
unfortunately,  is  sometimes  i 
viewed  as  a  less  serious 
crime  that  many  people 
commit  every  day.  But  one 
needs  only  see  the  devasta¬ 
tion  and  loss  of  life  that 
can  result  from  an  accident 
involving  alcohol  or  drugs 
to  understand  just  how 
dangerous  such  an  impaired 
driver  can  be.  He  may  not 
be  pulling  a  trigger,  but  a  i 
drunk  driver  is  operating  a 
4,000-pound  weapon  that  is  ; 
no  less  deadly  than  a  9mm 
handgun.  Rebello’s  history  j 
!  of  flouting  impaired  driving 

laws  shows  he  has  learned  little  from  his  prior  con¬ 
victions,  posing  a  danger  to  society. 

•  T°  members  of  the  Fal]  ^ver  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  who  took  Part  in  the  Earth 
Day  parade  in  downtown  New  Bedford 
Thursday. 

Students  in  Jim  Kay’s  art  class  have  been  working 
for  about  a  month  on  paper  mache  masks  and  mas¬ 
cots  to  be  worn  or  displayed  during  the  parade.  They 
created  a  5V4  foot  tall  elephant,  which  is  carrying  the 
earth  on  its  back,  that  they  placed  on  a  pallet  and 
roUed  along  the  parade  route.  The  group  also  made 
animal  masks  and  marched  in  the  parade  as  a  parrot, 
snake,  giraffe,  tiger  and  other  animals.  The  project 
combined  art  lessons  with  an  increased  awareness  of 
the  perils  facmg  the  planet  and  the  species  inhabiting 
it,  not  to  mention  the  fiin  of  marching  in  a  parade. 


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To  Roman  Catholic  Cardinal  Angelo 
Sodano,  who  came  to  Pope  Benedict  XVI’s 
defense  during  his  Easter  homily  in  the 
Vatican’s  St.  Peter’s  Square  last  week,  hon¬ 
oring  the  pope’s  “unfailing”  leadership  and 


Summer  Camp 
Applications  Availabl 

At  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 


803  Bedford  Street,  Fall 

CAMP  WELCH 


BOVS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 

OF  FALL  RIVER 


10  weeks  from  June  29th-September  4th 
Children  ages  6-14 

$20.00  deposit  per  child  per  week  required 

Weekly  Fees  ranging  from  $65  to  $115 
Based  on  income 

For  information  call  508-672-6340 


FALL  RIVER  -S  Jpj ft 

Boys  and  Girls  Club  presents  awards 


Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  The 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  pre¬ 
sented  its  awards  during  a 
ceremony  last  Saturday. 

The  2010  Youth  of  the 
Year  award  was  given  to 
Katie  Grinnell.  The  B.M.C. 
Durfee  senior  has  been 
a  club  member  for  seven 
years. 

She  is  a  member  of  the 
National  Honor  Society 
and  will  attend  Bristol 


Community  College  in  the 
fall. 

At  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club,  she  is  a  member  of 
the  Keystone  Club  and  is  a 
part-time  staffer. 

Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy  praised  Grinnell 
for  her  dedication  and 
commitment  to  the  club’s 
various  programs. 

“Katie  has  gone  above 
and  beyond  to  give  back  to 
our  Boys  and  Girls  Club,” 
McCarthy  said.  “She  has 
over  240  hours  of  club  ser¬ 


vice  in  the  past  four  years 
and  is  always  willing  to 
help  out  around  the  club.” 

Grinnell  resides  in  Fall 
River  and  is  the  daughter 
of  Kenneth  and  Janine 
Grinnell. 

Awards  were  also  pre¬ 
sented  for  arts  and  crafts, 
computers,  swimming, 
game  room,  Keystone 
Club,  after  school  program 
and  athletics. 

E-mail  Derek  Vital  at 
DVITAL@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


COMMUNITY  PHOTOS 


Keystone  Club  support 


2010  Massachusetts  Club  Finalists 

Kathryn  Grinnell 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 

Age  1 7,  Kathryn  has  been  a  Club  member  for  8  years  She  is  a  member 
of  Keystone  and  assisted  in  coordinating  the  Clubs  first  art  show  As  a 
Senior  at  Durfee  High  School  in  Fall  River  Katie  has  discovered  her 
passion  for  art  and  will  be  attending  Bristol  Community  College  in  the  fall 
to  study  Art.  In  the  future  she  would  like  to  have  her  own  boutique 


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BJ’s  donates  $10,000  to  ' 

Fall  River  Boys  and  Girls  Club 

FALL  RIVER  —  BJ’s  Charitable  Foundation, 
as  part  of  its  quarterly  giving  schedule,  recently 
donated  $10,000  to  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River,  BJ's  announced  in 
a  press  release.  The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  supports 
the  foundation's  focus  of  providing  basic  need 
services  in  the  areas  of  hunger  prevention,  self-suf¬ 
ficiency,  health  care,  or  education  and  primarily 
benefits  needy  children  and  families  residing  in  the 

communities  BJ's  Wholesale  Club  serves. 

The  $10,000  donation  is  for  purchasing  food 
for  the  Kids  Cate,  the  club's  meal  program  that  is 
provided  to  all  youth  members  regardless  of  their 
ability  to  pay.  It  is  co-sponsored  by  the  Greater 
Boston  Food  Bank  and  provides  up  to  38,000  meals 
during  the  school  year  with  up  to  300  children 
eating  a  meal  at  the  club  each  weekday. 


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THE  KIDS  HAVE  SKILLS 

Rock  stars,  fashionistas,  dancers  and  jugglers 
put  talents  on  display  at  Camp  Welch.  D1 


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At  far  left,  Mdrgan 
Deplitch,  left,  and 
Summer  Saad, 
right,  show  off  their 
Kanye  West-inspired 
glasses,  which  they 
created  with  pipe 
cleaners  at  Camp 
Welch  in  Freetown. 
Left,  9-year-old 
Trevor  Bosse  plays 
the  Temptations 
classic  "My  Girl"  on 
his  electric  guitar 
during  a  talent  show 
at  Camp  Welch. 

Herald  News  Photos 
|  DEREK  Vital 


HAPPY  CAMPERS 

Talent  on  display  at  Camp  Welch 


Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FREETOWN  —  With 
summer  drawing  to  a  close 
and  the  school  year  fast 
approaching,  it  was  time  for 
the  children  at  Camp  Welch 


to  show  off  their  consider¬ 
able  talents. 

Singers,  dancers  and 
musicians  took  turns  enter¬ 
taining  the  crowd  during 
“Camp’s  Cot  Talent” 
week.  To  break  up  the 
monotony  of  10  weeks  of 


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Boys  and  Girls  Club  to  hold 
fifth  annual  open  house 

FALL  RIVER  —  A  large  turnout  is  expected  for 
the  fifth  annual  kickoff  celebration  and  open  house 
at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  on  Saturday,  Oct.  2. 

The  rain  or  shine  event  will  run  from  noon  to 
2-30  p.m.  and  is  open  to  the  public.  The  dub  is 
located  at  803  Bedford  St.  in  Fall  River.  Executive 
Director  Peter  McCarthy  said  he  anticipates  a 

crowd  of  300  will  attend  the  event. 

"This  is  like  a  giant  block  party  with  outdoor 
events,  a  cookout  and  tours  of  the  dub,  McCarthy 
said.  "It’s  a  lot  of  fun," 

Those  attending  will  be  able  to  purchase  a 
dub  membership  for  half  price.  A  regular  yearly 
membership  costs  $10.  There  will  be  games,  arts 
and  crafts,  raffle  prizes,  a  disc  jockey  and  various 
contests  to  keep  the  crowd  entertained. 

*We  will  have  a  lot  of  different  incentives  for 

people,"  McCarthy  said. 

The  open  house  is  an  opportunity  to  introduce 
families  to  the  various  programs  offered  at  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club. 

There  are  a  range  of  activities  for  members, 
including  swimming,  soccer,  basketball,  flag  foot¬ 
ball  arts  and  crafts,  homework  help  and  a  reading 
dub.  The  main  club  facility  is  handicapped  acces- 
sible  and  offers  inclusive  programs  for  youths  ot  all 
abilities.  .  _  . 

For  more  information,  contact  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  at  508-672-6340. 


dodgeball,  basketball  and 
arts  and  crafts,  counselors 
come  up  with  theme  weeks 
throughout  the  summer. 
They  have  been  holding 
some  sort  of  talent  show 
at  Camp  Welch,  which  is 
run  by  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River,  for  at 
least  30  years.  Other  theme 
weeks  this  summer  included 
“Great  Outdoors”  and 
“Summer  Olympics.” 

“With  400  kids  a  day 
it  is  very  important  for 
staff  to  keep  things  fresh,” 
said  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
Executive  Director  Peter 
McCarthy.  “They  do  a  very 
good  job  getting  the  kids 
active  and  involved.” 

During  talent  week, 
campers  performed  stupid 
human  tricks,  learned  how 
to  juggle  and  competed 
in  the  video  game  “Rock 
Band.”  They  rolled  out 
the  red  carpet  for  a  fashion 
show  where  campers  were 
given  a  bucket  filled  with 
clothes  and  asked  to  come 
up  with  a  stylish  ensemble 
for  their  favorite  counselor. 
Various  creations  were  on 
display  around  the  camp¬ 
grounds  from  an  arts  and 
crafts  show  that  was  held 
earlier  in  the  week. 

“Talent  week  is  very  pop¬ 
ular  with  the  campers,”  said 
Monica  Tavares,  day  camp 
program  director.  “We  have 
people  specifically  sign  up 
for  that  week.” 

The  various  competi¬ 
tions  led  up  to  the  talent 
show,  where  30  brave  souls 
belted  out  their  favorite 
tunes,  performed  choreo¬ 
graphed  dance  routines  and 
wrote  and  acted  in  comedy 
sketches.  One  of  the  high¬ 
lights  of  the  show  came 
when  9-year-old  Trevor 
Bosse  plugged  in  his  elec¬ 
tric  guitar  and  strummed 
a  solid  rendition  of  the 
Temptations’  classic  “My 
Girl  ,  drawing  a  rousing 
cheer  from  the  crowd. 

“Certain  kids  are  ath¬ 
letes  and  they  look  forward 
to  sports,”  said  McCarthy. 
“Other  kids  are  performers 
and  they  look  forward  to 
talent  week.” 

Counselors  Matt 
Desrochers,  Stephanie 
Couitt  and  Lynessa 
Chatterton  served  as  judges 
for  the  talent  show  and  the 
top  three  performers  were 
treated  to  an  ice  cream 
party.  There  were  no  losers 
in  the  competition  as 
everyone  had  a  great  time 
and  came  away  with  a  smile 
on  their  face. 

“This  is  probably  a 
moment  these  kids  will 
remember  forever,  getting 
up  in  front  of  the  whole 
camp  and  performing,”  said 
McCarthy. 


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HAPPY  CAMPERS 


Hekaid  News  Photos  |  Derek  Vow. 


Morgan  Deplitch.  left  and  Summer  Saad,  right,  show  off  their  Kanye  West-inspired  glasses  which  they  created  With  pipe  cleaners  at  Camp 
Trevor  Bosse  plays  the  Temptations  classic  "My  Girl'  on  his  electric  guitar  during  a  talent  show  at  Camp  Welch. 


Welch  in  Freetown.  Below,  9-year-old 


Talent  on  display 

Derek  Vital 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FREETOWN  —  With  summer 
drawing  to  a  dose  and  the  school 
year  fast  approaching,  it  was  time  for 
the  children  at  Camp  Welch  to  show 
off  their  considerable  talents. 

Singers,  dancers  and  musidans 
took  turns  entertaining  the  crowd 
during  “Camp’s  Got  Talent”  week. 

To  break  up  die  monotony  of  10 
weeks  of  dodgeball,  basketball  and 
arts  and  crafts,  counselors  come  up 
with  theme  weeks  throughout  the 
summer.  They  have  been  holding 
some  sort  of  talent  show  at  Camp 
Welch,  which  is  run  by  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  for  at  least 
30  years.  Other  theme  weeks  this 
summer  induded  “Great  Outdoors” 
and  “Summer  Olympics.” 

“With  400  kids  a  day  it  is  very 
important  for  staff  to  keep  things 
fresh,”  said  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
Executive  Director  Peter  McCarthy. 
“They  do  a  very  good  job  getting  the 
kids  active  and  involved.” 

During  talent  week,  campers 
performed  stupid  human  tricks, 


at  Camp  Welch 

learned  how  to  juggle  and  competed 
in  the  video  game  ‘  Rock  Band." 

They  rolled  out  the  red  carpet  for  a 
fashion  show  where  campers  were 
given  a  bucket  filled  with  dothes 
and  asked  to  come  up  with  a  stylish 
ensemble  for  their  favorite  coun¬ 
selor.  Various  creations  were  on  dis¬ 
play  around  the  campgrounds  from 
an  arts  and  crafts  show  that  was  held 
earlier  in  the  week. 

“Talent  week  is  very  popular  with 
the  campers,”  said  Monica  Tavares, 
day  camp  program  director.  “We 
have  people  specifically  sign  up  for 
that  week.” 

The  various  competitions  led  up 
to  the  talent  show,  where  30  brave 
souls  belted  out  their  favorite  tunes, 
performed  choreographed  dance 
routines  and  wrote  and  acted  in 
comedy  sketches.  One  of  the  high¬ 
lights  of  the  show  came  when  9- 
year-old  Trevor  Bosse  plugged  in  his 
electric  guitar  and  strummed  a  solid 
rendition  of  the  Temptations’  classic 
“My  Girl”,  drawing  a  rousing  cheer 
from  the  crowd. 

“Certain  kids  are  athletes  and 
they  look  forward  to  sports,”  said 


McCarthy.  “Other  kids  are  per¬ 
formers  and  they  look  forward  to 
talent  week.” 

Counselors  Matt  Desrochers, 
Stephanie  Couitt  and  Lynessa 
Chatterton  served  as  judges  for 
the  talent  show  and  the  top  three 
performers  were  treated  to  an  ice 
cream  party.  There  were  no  losers 
in  the  competition  as  everyone  had 


a  great  time  and  came  away  with  a 
smile  on  their  face. 

“This  is  probably  a  moment 
these  kids  will  remember  forever, 
getting  up  in  front  of  the  whole 
camp  and  performing,"  said 
McCarthy. 


E-mail  Derek  Vital  at 

DVITAL@HERAIDNEWS.COM. 


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COMMUNITY  PHOTOS 


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Contribution  to  learning 

Rockland  Trust  has  donated  $5,000  to  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  to  support  the  Tutoring  Center,  where 
children  in  the  club's  afterschool  program  are  assisted  with  schoolwork.  A  check  for  $5,000  was  recently 
presented  to  Bill  Kiley,  finance  director  of  the  club.  Pictured  from  left,  Rockland  Trust  Branch  Manager  Lisa 
Stanteiski  presents  a  $5,000  check  Kiley  in  front  of  the  location  of  the  Rockland  Trust  tutoring  program.  ; 


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BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 

OF  FALL  RIVER 


Mechanics 

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Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 

GALA  2010 

Fundraiser 

Saturday,  November  6th,  2010 
Boys  &  Girls  Club 
803  Bedford  St.  -  Fall  River,  MA 
Cocktails  7pm 
Dinner  &  Dancing  8pm 

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For  tickets  call  Bill  Kiley  at  50W72-6340 


HOMEWORK  HELP  TUTORING  PROGRAM 

Verizon  gives  Boys  &  Girls  Club  $7,500  grant 


FALL  RIVER  —  Regional  Director 
External  Affairs  for  the  Verizon  Foundation, 
Richard  B.  Colon,  visited  the  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River  last  week  to  announce  a 
$7,500  grant  supporting  its  Reading  Club 
and  Homework  Help  Tutoring  Program. 

The  Reading  Club  and  Homework  Help 
Tutoring  Program  provide  academic  and 
literacy  advancement  opportunities  for  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  members.  The  Reading  Club 
encourages  recreational  reading  to  enhance 
reading  comprehension  among  youth, 
especially  those  with  low  English  compre¬ 
hension  skills.  Homework  Help  Tutoring 
Program  is  an  after-school  program  for 
youth  ages  6  to  16  years  that  provides 
tutoring  resources  and  guidance  necessary 


to  complete  homework  and  encourage  aca¬ 
demic  growth. 

“The  after  school  tutoring  and  home¬ 
work  assistance  program  at  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  is  a  perfect  match  with  the  pri¬ 
orities  of  the  Verizon  Foundation,”  said 
Colon.  “We  are  truly  impressed  with  the 
high  quality  of  all  their  programs  and  the 
large  number  of  youth  benefiting  from 
them  each  year.  We  look  forward  to 
working  with  the  club  in  the  future.” 

“With  over  600  club  members  served  by 
our  Reading  Club  and  Homework  Help  and 
Tutoring,  our  goal  is  to  ensure  every  club 
member  succeeds  in  school  and  develops 
an  enjoyment  of  reading,”  said  Executive 
Director  Peter  McCarthy. 


‘Club’  sandwiches 


Ninety  Nine  Restaurants  announced  that  the  company  raised  $153,000  for  local  chapters  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  in  communities  throughout  New  England,  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey  through  the  company  s 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  Awareness  Month  in  October.  The  Fall  River  Ninety  Nine  Restaurant  raised  $8,417  for  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River.  Pictured.  Ninety  Nine  Restaurants  President  John  Grady 
enjoys  the  "Boys  and  Girls  Club  Sandwich"  with  youths  from  The  Boys  and  Girls  Club. 


Boyslind^irls 


Club  receives  $11  K  donation 


The  Castelo  Group  has  se¬ 
lected  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River  to  be  one  of  the 
recipients  of  the  contribu¬ 
tions  made  from  their  annual 
Picnic  Fundraiser  to  benefit 
the  Muscular  Dystrophy  As¬ 
sociation  held  last  summer 
in  Dartmouth. 

The  group  raised  a  total  of 
$58,655  from  the  event,  and 
a  donation  of  $1 1,000  was 
made  to  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River,  a  $35,655 
donation  to  the  Muscular 
Dystrophy  Association,  an 
$11,000  donation  to  the 
Schwartz  Center  for  Chil¬ 
dren,  and  a  $1,000  donation 
to  Camp  Angel  Wings. 

The  Castelo  Group  has 
raised  more  than  $600,000 
over  the  past  two  decades. 
This  year’s  event  featured 
entertainment  by  Bobby 
Justin,  Luis  Neves  Centerfold, 
Arlindo  Andrade,  Faith,  Mia 
and  Sandro  G,  along  with  a 
motorcycle  ride  that  ended 
at  Allens  Neck  Road. 

“This  donation  is  going 
to  help  the  club  not  only 


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for  the  city’s  children:  From  left,  Jose  Castelo,  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  board  members  Irene  Orlando  and 
John  Dator,  and  Martin  Correia  of  the  Castelo  Group. 


continue,  but  to  expand 
much-needed  programs  to 
the  400  children  we  serve 
on  a  daily  basis,”  said  Peter 
McCarthy,  Executive  Direc¬ 
tor  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River.  “In  a  time  where 


stressful  economic  and  social 
(problems)  plague  the  city  of 
Fall  River,  we  still  remain  the 
most  attractive  after-school 
destination  in  the  city  and  a 
donation  like  this  will  help  us 
continue  to  do  so.” 


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BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 


PROVIDENCE  BU 


DEBORAH  GRIMES,  senior  vice  president  and  director  of  retail  banking  for  Mechanics 
Cooperative  Bank,  presents  a  $10,000  donation  to  Peter  McCarthy,  left,  executive  director 
of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  and  Bill  Kiley.  right,  chief  financial  officer  of  the 
club. 


Mechanics  Cooperative  sponsors 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  2010  Gala 


Mechanics  Cooperative  Bank 
recently  donated  $10,000  to  the  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  becoming  the 
title  sponsor  for  the  club’s  biannual  gala. 

"Theclub  is  honored  to  earn  this  sup¬ 
port  from  Mechanics  Cooperative  Bank,” 
said  Peter  McCarthy,  executive  director 
of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River. 
“The  gala  raises  funds  to  enable  the  club 
to  provide  the  youth  and  teens  of  our 
community  with  programs  that  are  vital 
to  their  education,  health  and  well¬ 
being.” 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 


offers  a  variety  of  programs  aimed 
toward  character  development,  learning 
and  support  for  local  youth.  Joseph  T. 
Batista  Jr.,  president  and  CEO  of 
Mechanics  Cooperative  Bank,  noted  that 
these  programs  are  important  for  making 
the  Fall  River  community  a  "better  place 
to  live  and  work.” 

"We  are  a  proud  partner  and  support¬ 
er  of  their  continued  efforts  and  appreci¬ 
ate  the  tremendous  hard  work  and  dedi¬ 
cation  of  the  entire  Fall  River  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  staff  throughout  the  year,” 
Batista  added.  ■ 


E  Workshop  gives  children  healthy 
way  to  express  themselves 


By  PHIL  DEVITT 

Fall  River  Spirit  Editor 

Caitlin  Green  didn’t  know  what  to  expect 
when  her  young  students  burst  through  the 
doors  of  the  tiny  gymnasium  at  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  on  Bedford  Street.  The 
tall  actress  watched  silently  as  the  children 
jumped  onto  the  bleachers,  fidgeted  in  then- 
seats  and  yelled  over  each  other.  The  children 
didn’t  entirely  know  what  to  expect  either. 

Green  told  the  20  city  youths  that  they 
were  there  to  work  —  to  act  —  and  ushered 
them  onto  the  floor,  where  they  stood  in  a 
circle.  The  children  laughed  nervously.  A 
few  shook  their  heads  and  rolled  their  eyes. 
Act?  That’ssomething  celebrities  do  way  out 
in  Hollywood,  not  a  bunch  of  lads  from  Fall 
River. 

Green  was  leading  a  workshop  one  recent 
Saturday  afternoon,  an  experiment  of  sorts, 
to  teach  young  people  a  lesson  she  learned 
as  a  child:  that  acting  can  be  a  fun,  reward¬ 
ing,  stress-relieving  form  of  self  expression. 
Performing  builds  self  esteem,  teaches  com¬ 
passion  and  breaks  down  the  cold,  protective 
walls  so  many  people  put  up  as  a  defense 
mechanism,  the  Boston  woman  said.  “It’s 
drama  therapy." 

The  session  began  with  a  silly  sound. 

"Boowah,"  Green  shouted,  summoning  a 
guttural  nonsense  word  and  letting  it  bounce 
off  every  wall  in  the  room.  She  crouched 
down  on  the  first  syllable  and  popped  back 
up  on  the  second,  stretching  her  arms  out 
wide.  She  had  explained  to  the  students  ear¬ 
lier  that  the  vdice  and  the  body  are  an  actor’s 
most  valuable  tools.  She  wanted  the  shy  boy 
next  to  her  to  repeat  the  silly  word,  followed 
by  the  girl  next  to  him  and  every  other  person 
See  ACTING  A6 


Diman  Student  Appo 

Leeara  Hunt,  a  junior  in  the  Culinary  Arts  Program  at  Diman  Regional 
Vocational  Technical  High  School,  has  been  selected  to  serve  a  two- 
year  term  on  the  Governor's  Statewide  Youth  Council.  Two 
representatives  from  each  of  the  Commonwealth's  14  counties  serve 
on  the  council  and  have  the  opportunity  to  be  on  the  front  lines  of 
policy  discussions,  sharing  what  they  see  in  their  communities  and 
talking  about  how  state  government  and  communities  can  work 
together  to  find  a  solution. 

Teen  pregnancy,  bullying,  and  funding  facilities  for  youth  activities 
are  the  issues  Leeara  hopes  to  bring  to  her  bi-monthly  council 
meetings.  Leeara  is  employed  as  kitchen  staff  member  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boy’s  and  Girl’s  Club  of  Fall  River  and  plans 
to  attend  a  culinary  college  upon  graduation.  Governor  Patrick 
established  a  Statewide  Youth  Council  in  2008  as  part  of  his 
administration's  effort  to  engage  and  involve  citizens  of  all  ages  across  the  Co 


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A  winning  holiday  card  entry 


FALL  RIVER  — The 
winner  of  Rockland 
Trust's  Holiday  Card  art 
contest  held  at  the  Boys 
&  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 
is  Savannah  Correia.  The 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River  was  selected  by 
Rockland  Trust  to  hold  a 
contest  for  the  design  of 
one  of  the  bank's  corporate 
holiday  cards. 

Savannah's  design  was 
selected  from  more  than 
32  entries  at  the  club. 

It  depicts  two  snowmen 
and  an  igloo.  Savannah 
received  a  $100  savings 
bond,  presented  at  a  club 
assembly  on  Dec.  1. 

Savannah’s  design  has 
been  printed  on  thousands 
of  holiday  cards  that  will  be 
mailed  to  Rockland  Trust 
customers. 

The  two  runners-up  in 
the  contest  Morgan  Luz 
and  Johnny  Huot  each  got 
a  $50  savings  bond. 


PHOTO  BY  PHIL  DEVITT/FALL  RIVER  SPIRIT 
GAINING:  Boston  actress  Caitlin  Green  leads  a  performance 
Drkshop  with  city  children  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall 


River. 


ACTING:  ‘Drama  therapy’ 


CONTINUED  FROM  A1 
in  the  circle  until  the  sound 
made  a  full  rotation. 

Only  a  few  kids  complied. 

The  others  hesitated.  At  least 
one  girl  left  the  room.  Green 
kept  the  workshop  moving 
and,  in  the  second  exercise, 
began  to  see  results. 

"Walk  like  an  intelligent 
scientist,"  Green  ordered  her 
students.  The  children  moved 
about  the  room  with  heads 
held  high  and  a  distinguished 
gait. 

"Walk  like  someone  who 
just  lost  their  job.” 

The  children  put  their 
heads  down  and  shuffled 
across  the  floor.  Some  pressed 
their  hands  against  their  fore¬ 
heads  and  sighed. 

"That  happened  to  my 
mom  a  week  ago,"  one  boy 
shouted,  getting  into  charac¬ 
ter.  "She  walked  out  proud.” 

Green  watched  as  the  ener¬ 
getic  children  pretended  to  be 
lottery  winners,  students  pre¬ 
paring  for  a  big  test,  a  mother 
who  lost  her  son. 

“Empathy  is  the  greatest 
power  any  human  being  has,” 
Green  told  the  budding  actors, 
paraphrasing  a  quote  by  Meryl 
Streep.  (None  of  the  partici¬ 
pants  —  the  majority  of  whom 
were  young  teens  —  claimed 
to  know  who  the  Academy 
Award-winning  actress  was.) 
"Being  able  to  feel  for  one 
another  —  that’s  what  lead¬ 
ers  have,  too.  No  one  here  has 
ever  lost  a  son  at  war,  but  we 
can  feel  what  it  might  be  like. 
You  just  showed  all  of  that. 

You  showed  you  can  feel  for 
other  people.” 

Syed  Zaman  was  seeing 
results  as  well.  The  youth 
leadership  coordinator  for  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  said  he 
wanted  to  expose  city  children 
to  something  new  when  he 
came  up  with  the  concept. 


He  said  many  of  the  young 
people  with  whom  he  works 
had  never  been  to  the  theater 
before,  much  less  interacted 
with  a  working  actress.  Green, 
a  graduate  of  Emerson  Col¬ 
lege  with  a  degree  in  theater 
education,  last  year  won  the 
Outstanding  Actress  category 
at  the  annual  EWY  Awards  for 
her  role  in  a  student  film. 

“Theater  is  a  great  way  for 
at-risk  kids  to  channel  their 
negativity  into  a  creative  pro¬ 
cess,"  Zaman  said.  "It  helps 
them  enhance  self  expres¬ 
sion.” 

The  workshop  culminated 
in  a  series  of  one-minute 
plays  in  which  the  students 
acted  out  themes  such  as 
peace  and  leadership.  Then, 
after  two  hours  of  activity 
and  a  quick  “thank  you,"  the 
boys  and  girls  darted  out  of 
the  room  and  into  the  club’s 
bustling  hallway,  where  other 
events  were  taking  place.  j 

Green  stood  in  silence,  / 

slightly  exhausted  after  two 
nonstop  hours  of  moving 
around  and  trying  to  break 
through  tough  exteriors.  She 
said  she  is  determined  to  keep 
teaching.  A  graduate  student 
at  Leslie  University,  she  is 
focused  on  using  theater  "as  a 
tool  for  social  change." 

Green  said  she  remembers 
what  it’s  like  to  be  young  and 
insecure,  but  she  also  remem¬ 
bers  how  theater  built  her  up 
and  gave  her  purpose.  She 
wants  today’s  children  to  have 
similar  exposure  to  the  arts. 

"These  kids  are  going 
through  changes.  They’re  un¬ 
comfortable  with  their  bodies 
and  their  voices.  But  I  want  to 
show  them  they  have  control 
of  their  bodies  and  voices. 
This  is  our  canvas.” 


Phil  Devitt  can  be  reached  at  editor® 
fallriversplrit.com  or  (508)  979-4492. 


,  governor  W* 


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APPOINTED  TO  COUNCIL:  Leeara  Hunt,  a  junior  in  the  Cu¬ 
linary  Arts  Program  at  Diman  Regional  Vocational  Technical 
High  School,  has  been  selected  to  serve  a  two-year  term  on 
the  Governor’s  Statewide  Youth  Council.  Two  representa¬ 
tives  from  each  of  the  Commonwealth’s  14  counties  serve 
on  the  council  and  have  the  opportunity  to  be  on  the  front 
lines  of  policy  discussions,  sharing  vVhat  they  see  in  their 
communities  and  talking  about  how  state  government  and 
communities  can  work  together  to  find  a  solution.  Teen 
pregnancy,  bullying,  and  funding  facilities  for  youth  activi¬ 
ties  are  the  issues  Leeara  hopes  to  bring  to  her  bi-monthly 
council  meetings.  Leeara  is  employed  as  kitchen  staff  mem¬ 
ber  at  the  Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boy’s  and  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River  and  plans  to  attend  a  culinary  college  upon 
graduation.  Gov.  Deval  Patrick  established  a  Statewide 
Youth  Council  in  2008  as  part  of  his  administration’s  effort  to 
engage  and  involve  citizen  s  of  all  ages. 


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Boys  and  Girls  Club  member 
is  selected  to  serve  on 
Governor's  youth  council 

FALL  RIVER  —  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  Rivar 
member  Leeara  Hunt  has  been  recently  selected  to 
serve  on  the  Governor's  Statewide  Youth  Council. 
Twenty-eight  youths  are  selected  statewide  from 
hundreds  of  applications  to  serve  a  two-year  term 
while  providing  leadership  to  the  council  and  the 
commonwealth. 

As  part  of  the  council,  Hunt  will  attend  bi¬ 
monthly  official  meetings  each  year,  where  she 
and  her  council  peers  will  have  the  opportunity 
to  discuss  the  concerns  of  young  people  in 
Massachusetts.  Hunt  is  also  a  member  of  the  BOLD 
coalition  (run  by  SSTAR)  which  is  a  substance 
abuse  prevention  coalition  consisting  of  community 
volunteers,  agency  representatives,  educators,  city 
government,  school  representatives  and  youth. 

Hunt  was  also  selected  this  summer  to  be 
a  part  of  the  Bank  of  America  Summer  Youth 
Employment  Program.  As  a  program  participant, 
Hunt  worked  as  an  assistant  cook  at  Camp  Welch 
this  summer  and  assisted  in  preparing  more  than 
800  meals  per  day. 

Hunt  is  the  daughter  of  Tara  Duarte  and  Latroy 
Hairston.  She  is  17  years  old  and  a  junior  at 
Diman  Regional  Vocational  Technical  High  School. 
She  is  studying  culinary  arts.  After  high  school, 

Hunt  plans  to  further  her  education  in  the  culinary 
arts  field.  Ever  since  Hunt  was  a  small  child,  she 
loved  to  cook.  She  said  her  lifelong  dream  is  to  be 
a  successful  chef. 

When  Hunt  is  not  in  school,  she  can  usually  be 
found  at  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River.  Hunt 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  for 
11  years.  She  was  a  3-year  member  of  the  middle 
school  leadership  club  called  Torch  Club  and  is  cur¬ 
rently  a  member  of  the  high  school  leadership  club 
called  Keystone  Club. 

Hunt  is  also  a  former  camper  of  the  year  for  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  summer  program,  Camp  Welch, 
and  throughout  the  years  has  participated  in  sev¬ 
eral  prevention,  athletic  and  social  programs  at  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club. 


LITERACY 


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BankFive  sponsors  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River  Reading  Club 


FALL  RIVER  —  BankFive  has 
sponsored  the  Reading  Club  at  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 
for  the  2010-11  academic  year. 

The  Reading  Club  holds  different 
sessions  per  week  for  children  of 
different  age  levels.  Each  group 
reads  a  book,  discusses  what  they 
read  and  the  club  ends  each  night 
with  an  activity  relating  to  their 
particular  book  The  Reading  Club 
encourages  recreational  reading 
and  improves  reading  comprehen¬ 
sion  skills. 

Joan  Medeiros,  VP  Commercial 
Services  and  SBA  specialist  at 
BankFive  and  who  also  serves 
as  Treasurer  of  the  B&GCFR, 
and  Andrea  Amaral,  banking 
officer  and  marketing  specialist  at 
BankFive,  visited  the  Reading  Club 
on  Nov.  19.  Medeiros  read  to  the 
children  and  Amaral  worked  with 
the  children  on  various  activi¬ 
ties  related  to  financial  literacy, 
including  budgeting  and  saving. 
The  children  were  invited  to  take 
a  tour  of  the  bank’s  Corporate 
Headquarters  at  79  North  St.,  Fall 
River  on  Nov.  26.  Approximately 


25  children  took  the  tour  and  par¬ 
ticipated  in  a  question  and  answer 
discussion  about  how  money  is 
minted,  how  the  bank  operates, 
and  the  importance  of  saving  for 
the  future.  They  also  toured  the 
original  vault  dating  to  1855,  when 
the  bank  was  chartered. 

Peter  McCarthy,  executive 
director  of  the  B&GCFR,  has 
been  pleased  with  the  partner¬ 
ship,  "BankFive  has  stepped  up 
to  offer  our  kids  more  than  just  a 
reading  program;  they  have  been 
•  able  to  teach  them  important  life 
skills  that  will  help  the  kids  in  the 
future.  It  has  also  been  a  lot  of  fun 
for  everyone  involved!” 

BankFive  President  and  CEO 
Thomas  F.  Lyons  commented, 

“It’s  great  to  see  a  program  as 
important  as  the  Reading  Club 
reach  so  many  children.  Being 
able  to  provide  financial  educa¬ 
tion  at  such  a  young  age  is  vital 
to  help  these  children  understand 
the  necessity  of  a  sound  financial 
foundation.  We  look  forward  to 
watching  the  programs  success 
and  seeing  the  children  flourish.” 


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BankFive  sponsored  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River's  Reading  Club  for  the 
upcoming  academic  year. 


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Boys  &  Girls  Club  Keystones 


The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of 
Fall  River  is  proud  to  announce  • 
its  2010-11  Keystone  officers. 
Keystone  is  the  Character  and 
Leadership  group  for  high  school 


Aaron  Dern,  16,  treasurer 

Aaron  has  been  a  member 
of  The  Boys  &  Girls  Club  for  11 
years  and  a  member  of  Keystone 
for  three  years.  Aaron  is  a  junior 
at  Durfee  High  School  and  is  a 
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BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB 

OF  FALL  RIVER 


Maggie  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  for  9  years 
and  a  member  of  Keystone  for 
3  years.  Maggie  is  currently  a 
junior  at  Durfee  High  School  and 
is  a  member  of  the  field  hockey 
team,  Spanish  club  and  Freedom 
Writers. 

Vanessa  Reis,  18,  president 

Vanessa  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  for  10 
years  and  has  been  a  member  of 


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This  pjroto  shows,  from  left  Aaron  Dem,  Maggie  Tsure,  Vanessa  Reis  and 


Keystone  for  four  years.  She  is 
currently  a  senior  at  Durfee  High 
School  and  is  the  captain  of  the 
Durfee  field  hockey  team. 

Jonathan  Soto,  16,  vice 
president 


Jonathan  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  for  four 
years  and  a  member  of  Keystone 
for  three  years.  Jonathan  is  a 
senior  at  Durfee  High  School  and  is 
a  member  of  the  basketball  team. 


HEALTHY  HOLIDAYS 


10 


Nothing  for  the  kids  to  do? 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club 

by  Sean  Wilcoxson 


IT  STARTS  when  millions  of  kids 
get  out  of  school  and  are  looking  for  a 
place  where  they  can  go  What  choices 
do  they  have?  The  street  is  right  there 
Home  is  an  option,  but  the  parents  are 
often  at  work.  Where  are  these  kids  go¬ 
ing  to  go? 

Welcome  to  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
With  all  the  gangs,  drugs,  violence, 
and  trouble  that  children  face  daily 
when  they  walk  out  of  those  school 
doors,  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall 
River  is  a  pillar  of  positive  opportunity 
amidst  a  crumbling  community.  They 
are  there  for  the  youth  at  pivotal  points 
in  their  lives,  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
is  more  than  just  a  club,  it  offers  what 
every  parent  wants  for  their  children 
happiness. 

But  then  again,  it's  always  been  the 
'safe  place  * 

More  them  100  years  of  service 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  is  a  national 
organization  providing  a  healthy, 
constructive  environment  for  chil¬ 
dren  from  kindergarten  to  high  school 
since  1860,  when  several  women  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut  wanted  to  pro¬ 
vide  boys  who  roamed  the  streets  with 
a  positive  alternative 
Fall  River  wasn't  far  behind.  The 
Boys'  Club  of  Fall  River  was  founded 
February  1, 1890  and  incorporated  in 
1892.  In  1897,  a  new  clubhouse  was 
opened  on  Anawan  Street.  It  was  the 
first  building  built  specifically  for  a 
Boys'  Club  in  the  nation.  In  1906,  the 
club  became  a  charter  member  of  the 
National  Movement  of  Federation  of 
Boys'  Clubs. 

For  about  60  years,  the  downtown 
location  was  home  for  the  Boys'  Club, 
but  just  about  the  time  when  195  cut  its 


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There  is  a  line  where  the  possible  and 
the  impossible  connect,  and  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  is  what  connects  them. 
How  can  this  be? 

'A  lot  of  our  staff  I  have  managed  to 
recruit  were  former  club  members,  so 
they  know  where  these  kids  are  com¬ 
ing  from,'  said  McCarthy,  remarking 
about  how  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  can 
do  what  seems  impossible. 

The  Movement 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  has  a  $1.7 
million  dollar  budget.  About  61  people 
work  with  the  kids— these  include 
college  graduates  and  high  schoolers 
There  are  also  seven  full  time  profes¬ 
sionals  They  all  work  for  the  move¬ 
ment  to  make  a  change  in  today's 
youth. 

'It  is  making  a  difference,*  said  Mc¬ 
Carthy,  commenting  on  the  remark¬ 
able  features  of  the  Club.  'Most  of  the 
kids'  parents  are  struggling  to  make 
ends  meet,  the  club  is  there  for  the 
kids.  We  are  able  to  offer  suppers  to 
200  kids  a  day.  There  is  a  need  here. 

We  are  equipped  to  not  only  enter¬ 
tain  the  kids,  but  we  want  them  to  stay 
We  want  them  to  come  after  school 
to  do  their  homework,  we  want  them 
to  recreate,  to  eat  dinner,  because  we 
know  all  too  often  the  alternative  is 
these  kids  could  be  home  alone." 

The  movement  begins  when  school 
begins,  in  the  beginnin^of  Septem¬ 
ber,  and  continues  through  April.  The 
Club  is  open  six  days  a  week  Monday 
to  Saturday.  When  kids  are  done  with 
school  and  have  nowhere  to  go,  the 
Club's  doors  are  open. 

Walking  in,  they  are  welcomed  into 


a  healthy  learning  environment  filled 
with  classes,  programs,  and  recre¬ 
ational  activities  to  keep  them  enter¬ 
tained  as  well  as  safe. 

‘We  are  much  more  than  the  pool 
and  the  gym,  which  is  what  people 
associate  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  with. 
Those  are  the  hooks  we  use  to  get  the 
kids  in  the  building.* 

In  a  typical  day,  more  than  100  kids 
will  do  their  homework.  The  Club  has 
tutors  and  homework  helpers  to  aid 
the  kids  to  complete  their  work.  And 
then,  something  special  happens. 

The  magic  happens  in  classes  like 
Photo  Tech  and  Music  Tech,  in  clubs 
such  as  Junior  Lifeguarding  Club  and 
Carry  the  Torch  Club,  and  in  preven¬ 
tion  programs  Smart  Moves  and  Pass¬ 
port  to  Manhood 

Where  else  can  these  kids  go  to  get 
confidence  and  trust  in  themselves?  In 
the  Keystone  Club  teens  find  out  who 
they  are  through  leadership.  Elected 
members  implement  activities  for 
the  Club,  promote  unity,  and  explore 
education  and  career  options  for  the 
future. 

Another  incredible  facet  of  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  is  the  Youth  of  the  Year 
Program  It  is  in  place  to  recognizes 
and  reward  Club  members  for  out¬ 
standing  achievement  and  perfor¬ 
mance  in  contributions  to  the  family 
and  spiritual  life  of  the  community. 
Each  Club  selects  one  kid  to  compete 
in  a  national  competition  for  $26,000 
in  scholarships  and  a  photo -op  with 
the  President  of  The  United  States! 

Prevention 

But  the  main  goal  of  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is  prevention. 

’The  prevention  program  has  a  really 


Help  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  beat  the  challenge 

Membership  only  $10,  an  intentionally  inexpensive  fee;  that  way  ev¬ 
eryone  can  enjoy  the  benefits  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club.  The  price  to 
serve  one  kids  at  the  Club  is  around  $700  a  year.  Donations  make  this 
non-profit  stay  open,  touching  the  lives  of  2000+  kids.  There  are  'in- 
kind'  donations  that  are  non-monetary  and  include  everything  from 
donating  old  equipment  and  used  furniture  to  landscaping,  plumb¬ 
ing,  or  electrical  work.  Go  online  to  find  out  how  you  can  contribute  at 
www.fallriverbgc.org  or  call  (508)  672-6340. 


more  square  feet,  which  gave  the  Club 
much  needed  space  for  classrooms 
and  meeting  rooms  to  help  keep  the 
kids  off  the  streets.* 

McCarthy  believes  in  what  he  does. 
He  believes  each  of  the  kids  coming 
to  the  Club  every  day  will  succeed.  In 
a  city  where  the  educational  system  is 
struggling  and  families  are  crumbling, 
people  like  McCarthy  and  his  staff  give 
something  some  of  these  kids  do  not  , 
get  anywhere  else:  hope 
The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 
believes  in  the  power  of  hope  to  bring 
a  kid  away  from  the  street  and  into  a 
life  full  of  possibility. 

"We  strive  to  get  2,000  registered 
members,  which  is  nice,  but  we  are 
more  interested  in  daily  attendance. 
Daily  attendance  for  us  is  400  to  450 
kids  a  day,*  explains  McCarthy,  ‘from 
kindergarten  to  high  school.* 


way  through  the  heart  of  the  cityrthe 
Club  moved  to  a  new  and  expanded 
•  facility  in  1967  at  803  Bedford  Street. 


Inside  the  Club 

It  didn't  take  long  to  fill  the  new  space 
in  a  densely  residential  part  of  the  city 
-in  part  because  it  opened  its  doors  to 
all  kids.  In  1982,  the  Boys'  Club  of  Fall 
River  changed  to  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River— eight  years  before  the 
national  organization  also  modified  its 
name  to  reflect  its  membership. 

At  one  point,  there  were  so  many 
kids  who  enjoyed  the  Club  and  all  it 
had  to  offer  that  more  space  had  to  be 
added.  Originally  the  building,  though 
60,000  square  feet,  was  not  enough 
to  contain  the  rising  number  of  kids 
coming  in  the  doors. 

*We  ran  out  of  space!'  said  Peter  Mc¬ 
Carthy,  Director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River,  'so  we  added  10,000 


good  message  we  try  to  give  to  the 
kids  to  take  home.  I  think  it  is  some  of 
the  best  stuff  we  do  at  the  club,*  said 
McCarthy. 

The  middle  school  kids  are  especially 
vulnerable  These  10  to  13  year  old  kids 
are  being  pressured  to  join  a  gang, 
drink  alcohol,  do  drugs,  and  smoke 
cigarettes. 

The  prevention  programs  run  six 
to  eight  weeks  and  are  instructed  by 
staff.  A  group  of  about  10  to  15  kids  go 
through  an  education  on  what  to  do  in 
dangerous  situations.  In  these  weekly 
sessions,  members  of  the  Smart  Moves 
program  are  guided  through  the  pres¬ 
sures  they  are  being  put  under  to  do 
the  wrong  thing.  Smart  Moves  lives  up 
to  its  name;  it  teaches  the  kids  through 
knowledge  to  do  the  right  thing,  make 
the  'smart  move.* 

Stay  in  school 

You  might  be  asking  yourself,  'How 
can  they  make  a  difference  in  Fall 
River  with  so  many  kids?" 

The  answer  comes  through  the 
Board  of  Directors  for  the  Boys  apd 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River,  they  came  up 
with  a  committee  whose  sole  pur¬ 
pose  is  to  insure  that  every  kid  who  is 
a  member  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club 
graduates  high  school. 

The  committee  offers  everything 
from  bus  passes  to  funding  for  the 
PSATS  and  the  SATS  that  high  school 
kids  are  required  to  take.  As  a  bonus, 
they  hired  a  graduation  coach  who 
comes  three  times  a  week  to  make 
sure  the  freshman,  sophomore,  junior, 
and  seniors  are  not  falling  through  the 
cracks. 

*The  kids  that  are  falling  through  the 
cracks  really  want  to  stay  in  school  and 
r  learn  but  due  to  circumstances,  get 

?  £  pulled  away,*  said  McCarthy 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  is  pulling 
them  back  from  the  crack: 

■It's  not  a  struggle.  It's  a  challenge,’ 
said  McCarthy. 

The  Boys  and  Girls  Club  in  Fall  River 
depends  on  the  community  to  make 
the  impossible  become  the  possible.  In 
turn,  the  community  is  improved  and 
changed  for  the  better 


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HAPPENINGS 

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2009  Massachusetts  Club  Finalists 


Edward  Lombardi 

John  M  Barry  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Newton 

Age  1 7,  Edward  has  been  a  Club  member  for  8  years.  He  is  the  Keystone 
vice  president,  participates  in  the  intramural  basketball  league  and  in  the  Big 
Me  Little  You  Program  mentoring  younger  club  members.  Ed  attends  Newton 
North  High  School  and  would  like  to  go  to  a  college  in  Massachusetts  to  pur¬ 
sue  a  major  in  Business  Finance. 

Andrew  Matos 

Hanscom  Air  Force  Base  Youth  Center 

Age  14,  Andrew  has  been  a  Club  member  for  3  years.  He  is  active  in  the 
Club  and  community,  often  mentoring  peers  on  how  to  be  " constructive  and 
not  destructive. "  He  attends  Hanscom  AFB  Middle  School  where  he  is  cap¬ 
tain  of  his  cross  country  team  and  a  member  of  the  school's  student  council. 

In  the  spring  he  will  continue  his  high  school  education  at  the  Middlesex 
School. 

Shavoryia  McElroy 

Boys  &  Girls  Clubs  of  Boston-  Blue  Hill  Club  House 

Age  17,  Shavoryia  has  been  a  Club  member  for  13  years.  She  is  a  junior  staff 
member  in  the  performing  arts  department  as  well  as  an  active  member  of 
the  Keystone  Club  and  Smart  Girls.  She  attends  Boston  Latin  Academy  and 
will  attend  Bentley  University  in  the  fall  where  she  will  study  business. 

Amanda  Medeiros 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 

Age  19,  Amanda  has  been  a  Club  member  for  9  years.  She  twice  received  a 
Presidential  Volunteer  Award  for  community  service,  has  been  an  active 
member  of  the  Keystone  Club  and  started  a  dance  team  for  younger  girls. 

She  attends  BMC  Durfee  High  School  and  expects  to  enroll  at  Bristol  Com¬ 
munity  College  in  the  fall. 

Roselee  Mohika 

Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Lawrence 

Age  17,  Roselee  has  been  a  Club  member  for  12  years.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Torch  Club,  Academic  Basketball  Program,  the  tutoring  program,  the 
Club's  Advisory  Board  and  the  Keystone  Club  where  she  serves  as  presi¬ 
dent.  She  attends  Notre  Dame  High  School  and  would  like  to  study  biochem¬ 
istry  at  Wesleyan  University. 


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Nation  of  Canada. 

Honor  the  Children  Powwow 
was  a  {unlearning  experience 

stuff  for  the  Computers  ation  for  the  Jub  and  the 


Herald  News  Staff 


PALL  RIVER  — Th' 

Pocasset  Wampanoag 

Tribe  presented  its  ntth 
annual  Honor  the  Children 
Powwow  at  the  Thomas 
Chew  Memorial  Boys  and 
Girls  Club  on  Sunday  for  the 

benefit  of  the  clubs  young 

me^Webrought the  powwow 
here  to  raise  funds  for  the 
club  to  support  programs 

for  the  kids,  so  they  can  go 

on  trips  and  for  books,  said 

Chief  Edward  Gray  Fox  Pag 
of  the  Pocasset  Wampanoag 

^A^enior  member  of  the 
dub  himself.  Page  said,  The 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  is  a  g 

CaUHis  daughter,  Donna  Rain 
Dance  Page,  agreed. 

“All  the  money  raised  goes 
to  the  club  to  help  the  chil¬ 
dren  further  their  learning, 


buy  stuff  for  the  computers 

and  supplies,”  she  said.  We 
teach  the  children  the  native 
culture.” 

Daryl  Black  Eagle 
Jamieson  of  the  Pocasset 
tribe.  Soaring  Eagle  and  Don 
Three  Horses  Sly  Fox  Sly  of 
the  Aquidneck  Island  Intra- 
tribunal  Indian  Council, 
and  Rainbow  Child  of  the 
Migmaq  Nation  of  Canada 
played  drums  for  the  native 
dancing. 

“We’ll  have  our  own 

drum  in  the  future,”  Chief 
Page  said  of  his  tribe. 

Featured  dancers  were 
Everett  Hall  Champion  and 
Teanesha  King. 

The  program  also 
included  flute  playing,  sto¬ 
rytelling,  singing,  history 
and  cultural  demonstrations, 
food  and  crafts. 

The  club’s  director, 

Peter  McCarthy,  called  the 
powvtow  a  “win-win  situ¬ 


ation  for  the  club  and  the 
m\  would  be  nice  to  have 

more  of  the  community  to 

become  aware  of  our  heri¬ 
tage,”  he  said.  “Some  club 
members  had  no  idea  that 
they  were  Native  Americans. 

It's  important  for  people  to 
see  their  heritage.” 

Before  the  first  powwow, 
McCarthy  was  aware  Page 
was  a  club  member,  but 
admitted,  “1  didn  t  even 
know  he  was  a  chief. 

McCarthy  likes  the  way 
the  powwow  is  presented 
with  the  children  in  mind. 

"It  encourages  them  to 
grow  up  and  continue  the 
legacy,”  he  said.  , 

“It’s  just  great  that  we  re 
able  to  provide  the  facility 

and  they  provide  the  educa¬ 
tion  and  heritage,  he  added. 

“When  you  listen  to  the 

drums  for  the  first  time,  it 
gives  you  shivers.' 


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Boys  &  ^irl^Club^ 
basketball 

The  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
of  Fall  River  will  be  holding 
signups  for  its  basketball 
leagues.  The  club  will  be 
beginning  its  three  leagues, 
a  Co-ed  Elementary  School 
League  for  grades  2-5,  a  Boys 
Middle  School  League  for 
grades  6-8,  and  a  Girls  League 
in  grades  4-8. 

The  grades  2-5  Junior 
Division  League  will  have  a 
signup  and  orientation  night 
on  Tuesday  at  6  p.m.  The 
Middle  School  League  will 
have  a  signup  and  orienta¬ 
tion  night  on  Wednesday  at 
6  p.m.  All  interested  players 
must  come  on  that  night  to 
be  assured  of  a  roster  spot, 
The  Girls  League  will  have  a 
signup  and  orientation  night 
on  Thursday  at  6  p.m. 

Membership  is  $10  per 
year.  For  more  information, 
contact  Kevin  Vorro  at  508- 
672-6340. 


Bristol  County  District 
Attorney  Sam  Sutter 
talks  to  children  at 
the  Thomas  Chew 
Memorial  Boys  &  Girls 
Club  Tuesday  in  Fall 
River.  He  referred  to 
President  Obama's 
inauguration  speech  in 
his  talk  about  respon¬ 
sibility.  The  D.A.  also 
brought  some  pencils, 
posters,  bookbags, 
mouse  pads  and  T- 
shirts  bearing  the  logo 
of  his  office's  current 
campaign  against  gang 
violence  and  illegal 
guns. 


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as  well  as  a  former  Boys  &  Girls  C  Tub 
member,  was  also  in  attendance. 


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Herald  News  Pmoios  |  Foley 

questions  about  gangs  and  violence. 

Peace  of  mind 

Young  people 
urged  to  turn 
their  backs 
on  violence 


John  Moss 

Herald  News  Staff  Reporter 

FALL  RIVER  —  Ja’Von 
Pemberton  said  his  brother  was 
in  a  gang. 

And  if  it  weren  t  for  pro¬ 
grams  offered  to  youths  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial  Boys 
and  Girls  Club,  he  said  he  may 
have  joined  one  too. 

“This  is  one  way  to  stay  out 
of  trouble,”  he  said  Friday  night 
at  a  Pledge  Peace  rally  hosted  by 
the  club  and  the  Katie  Brown 
Educational  Program.  “My 
brother  was  in  a  gang  ...  1  was 
about  to  get  in  a  gang,”  he  told 
about  200  of  the  club’s  youth 
members,  most  of  whom  par¬ 
ticipated  in  Pledge  Peace  Week, 
which  included  four  days  of 
hands-on  activities  and  violence 
recognition  games. 

But  Pemberton  changed  his 


attitude  and  plans  to  attend  the 
Boston  Institution  of  Arts  in 
September. 

“You  guys,  keep  your  lives 
straight.  Keep  your  head 
straight  and  do  what  you  want 
to  do  and  you’ll  succeed  in 
life.  Work  hard  and  get  good 
grades,”  he  told  his  peers. 

State-compiled  juvenile 
arrest  data  for  Fall  River  in  2007 


lists  57  aggravated  assaults,  200 
simple  assaults,  1 1  weapons 
charges,  31  counts  of  disorderly 
conduct  and  nine  sex  offenses. 

Police  Officer  John  Lapointe 
of  the  Special  Operations 
Division’s  Gang  Unit  teaches 
gang  prevention.  He  has  volun¬ 
teered  his  time  at  the  club  for 
the  past  four  years. 

Turn  to  PEACE,  Page  B6 


Peace:  Youngsters 


a  Li )oC1 

told  to  resist  gangs,  violence 


From  Page  B1 

“I  deal  with  gang  mem¬ 
bers.  They  break  the  law. 
Unfortunately,  a  lot  of  them 
go  to  jail,”  he  told  the  young- 
sters.  . 

Lapointe  had  fun  with  the 
kids  but  made  sure  to  offer 
some  lessons,  as  well.  He  gave 
flying  discs  as  prizes  to  those 
who  correctly  answered  sev¬ 
eral  questions. 

“If  you’re  in  a  gang,  how 
'many  more  times  arc  you„ 
likely  to  be  hurt  or  killed?” 
he  asked.  The  answer  was  60 
times. 


“You  want  to  have  a  good 
job?  Then  remember  those 
answers,”  he  said. 

The  final  question  was 
which  gang  in  the  city  is  the 
“biggest,  the  best  and  they 
wear  blue.”  The  kids  got  it 
right  —  the  Fall  River  Police 
Department. 

The  Katie  Brown 
Educational  Program 
was  founded  in  January 
2001  after  the  murder  of 
Katherine  “Katie”  Brown  of 
Barrington,  R.I.,  by  a  man 
she  had  dated  since  high 
school.  The  organization’s 


goal  is  to  effectively  elimi¬ 
nate  youth  relationship  vio¬ 
lence  by  giving  young  people 
the  information  and  skills 
needed  to  avoid  becoming 
victims  or  perpetrators  of 
violence. 

As  the  largest  child  care 
provider  in  the  city,  the  club 
offers  a  prime  opportunity 
to  reach  youths  after  school 
and  on  weekends,  rein¬ 
forcing  the  KBEP  curriculum 
that  city  youths  receive  in 
school,  said  club  spokesman 
Megan  Fogg. 

The  club  and  KBEP  chal¬ 


lenged  members  to  sign  a 
pledge  to  remove  violence 
from  their  lives  and  perpet¬ 
uate  peace  at  play,  at  school 
and  in  their  neighborhoods, 
she  said. 

The  peace  rally  offered 
the  youngsters  a  time  to 
“celebrate  their  accomplish¬ 
ment  of  making  a  conscious 
effort  to  remove  gang  and 
youth  violence  from  all 
aspects  of  their  lives,”  she 
said. 

The  youths  raised  their 
right  hands  and  recited  the 
peace  pledge: 


“Respect  my  rights  and  1 
the  rights  of  others.  Stand  3 
up  for  myself  and  others.  < 
Be  kind  and  accepting  of  * 
people's  differences.  Make 
good  choices  and  help  others  -’ 
do  the  same.  Communicate  3 
and  listen  better.  Accept  > 
responsibility  for  my  words  3 
and  actions.  Apologize  when  ’4 
1  am  wrong  and  be  foreivine  1 


i  wrong  and  be  forgiving 
of  others.  Respect  nature  by  - 
keeping  my  neighborhood 
clean.” 

E-mail  John  Moss  at 
JMOSS@HERALDNEWS.COM. 


BOYS  &  GIRLS  CLUB  OF  FALL  RIVER 


Travelers  supports  ‘Stay  in  School’  program 


FALL  RIVER  —  Travelers 
Insurance  has  granted  $10,000  to 
the  Boys  8c  Girls  Club  of  Fall  River 
in  support  of  "Stay  in  School."  As 
the  largest  childcare  provider  in 
the  city  of  Fall  River,  the  Boys  & 

Girls  Club  offers  programs  every 
day  after  school  as  well  as  during 
Saturdays  throughout  the  school 
year.  “Stay  in  School"  was  estab¬ 
lished  to  ensure  that  Club  members 
complete  high  school  and  earn  a 
diploma.  The  Club  recruits  and 
supports  at-risk  teens  through  edu¬ 
cation.  workforcc/career  training 
and  financial  management  coun¬ 
seling.  In  addition  to  graduating  30 
teens  who  have  dropped  out  or  are 
in  danger  of  dropping  out,  “Stay  in 
School*  activities  include:  tutoring, 
researching  post-secondary  educa¬ 
tion  (applications/scholarships), 
job  interview  practice,  resume  assis¬ 


tance  and  graduation  incentives. 

"We  are  pleased  to  be  able  to 
continue  our  longtime  relation¬ 
ship  with  Travelers,"  stated  Peter 
McCarthy,  the  Club's  executive 
director.  ’‘Their  support  lor  our 
teen  programs  since  200b  has 
allowed  the  Club  to  meet  the  needs 
of  Fall  River’s  at-risk  youth,  pro¬ 
viding  crucial  support  and  encour¬ 
agement  to  kids  so  they  graduate 
from  high  school." 

“Travelers  is  committed  to  sup¬ 
porting  programs  that  increase  aca¬ 
demic  and  career  success  for  middle 
and  high  school  students,"  said  Tara 
N.  Spain,  director  of  community 
relations.  Travelers.  “The  Boys  & 
Girls  Club  of  Fall  River  is  making  a 
significant  impact  in  the  lives  of  the 
city's  students.” 

The  Travelers  Companies  Inc.  s 
community  giving  is  focused  on 


Rochelle  Greene,  (under 
umbrella)  Unit  Manager 
for  the  Travelers 
National  Auto  Recovery 
Center  and  chairwoman 
for  the  Travelers  Fall 
River  Community  Affairs 
Committee,  joins  the  Fall 
River  Boys  &  Girls  Club 
“Stay  In  School"  youth 
to  celebrate  this  part¬ 
nership. 


education,  community  development 
and  the  arts.  For  more  information, 
visit  www.travelers.com. 


For  more  information  about  the 
Boys  &  Girls  Club's  programs,  call 
Peter  McCarthy  508-672-6340. 


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Children’s  Museum  to  showcase  youth  photography 

'Fall  River  As  I  See  It’  goes  on  display  March  5  at  BCC’s  Grimshaw-Gudewicz  gallery 


PHOTO  BY  RICK  SNIZEK/Fall  River  Spirit 

FUJI  MOMENT:  Students  Breanna  Rivera,  left,  and  Kelsey  Pa¬ 
checo  prepare  to  use  their  new  cameras. 


By  SEAN  MCCARTHY 

Fall  River  Spirit  correspondent 

The  Children’s  Museum 
of  Greater  Fall  River  Inc.  has 
given  a  group  of  area  youths 
a  new  way  or  seeing  and 
interpreting  the  world  around 
them. 

Through  the  lens  of  a 
camera. 

In  conjunction  with  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Fall 
River,  25  students  between  the 
ages  of  13  and  18  participated 
in  an  experimental  program 
called  “Fall  River:  As  I  See  It.” 
The  program  provided  free 
digital  cameras  to  kids  and 
asked  them  to  document 
their  lives  in  the  city.  It  began 
in  April  of  2008  as  a  six-week 
program,  but  it  was  so  suc¬ 
cessful  that  they  added  a  sec¬ 
ond  six-week  session  that  ran 
from  October  to  December 


and  included  more  students. 

And  on  Thursday,  March 
5,  the  Grimshaw-Gudewicz 
Gallery  at  Bristol  Community 
College  will  open  a  month¬ 
long  exhibit  of  60  of  the  stu¬ 
dents'  photographs  from  the 
program.  It  will  be  open  that 
evening  from  6-8  p.m. 

The  goal  of  the  project  is 
not  only  teaching  camera 
basics  and  photography  skills, 
but  to  inspire  the  students  to 
create  images  reflecting  their 
environment,  putting  fresh 
eyes  onto  familiar  situations. 
The  students  were  taught  the 
components  of  the  camera, 
how  to  frame  and  compose 
shots  and  find  the  right  sub¬ 
ject  matter.  After  the  students 
developed  their  shots  they 
were  asked  to  write  a  brief 
narrative  about  what  inspired 
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Children’s  Museum:  Showcase  of  Boys  &  Girls  Club  photography  slated 


MIKE  MORAN 


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Pledging  a  peaceful  existence 


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them  to  take  each  picture  and 
its  meaning  to  them. 

The  program  concludes 
with  the  gallery  showcase, 
which  runs  through  April  1. 

“This  has  been  a  marvel¬ 
lous  educational  experi¬ 
ence  for  the  students,"  says 
Jo-Anne  Sbrega,  president 


of  the  Children’s  Museum. 
"They  got  to  benefit  from 
a  collaboration  of  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club,  BCC,  and  the 
gallery.  They  met  the  project 
with  great  enthusiasm.  It 
broadened  their  horizons  and 
opened  their  eyes  to  their  own 
city.  It  also  got  them  onto  the 
campus  of  a  college  and  the 


opportunity  to  visit  an  art  gal¬ 
lery,  many  for  the  first  time.” 

The  students  were  chosen 
from  the  Keystone  Club  of  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  a  group 
designated  as  peer  leaders. 

Rick  Snizek,  editor  of  the 
Fall  River  Spirit,  served  as 
the  project’s  lead  educator. 
Snizek,  a  professional  journal- 


The  most  important  news 
event  to  occur  in  the  city  of 
Fall  River  last  week  didn't 
involve  a  single  politician. 

It  wasn’t  about  shrinking 
budgets,  foreclosures  or  the 
other  bad  economic  news 
that  has  dominated  the  local 
and  national  conversation 
for  so  long.  In  fact,  this  story  j 
included  no  bad  news  at  all 
—  only  the  very  good  news 
that  occasionally  makes  the 
headlines  when  kids  learn 
valuable  lessons  they  can  j 

carry  with  them  for  the  rest  of  | 
their  lives. 

Last  Friday  evening  at  the 
Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  and  Girls  Club,  a  price-  j 
less  community  resource  tor 
hundreds  of  city  residents, 
a  group  of  about  200  chil¬ 
dren  came  together  to  take 
a  small  but  very  important 
first  step  that  1  hope  will 
become  a  lifelong  marathon. 

By  reciting  a  simple  58-word 
“Peace  Pledge”  at  a  ceremony 
sponsored  jointly  by  the 
Boys  and  Girls  Club  and  the 
Katie  Brown  Educational 
Program,  the  young  par¬ 
ticipants  pledged  to  live  their 
lives  with  an  appreciation 
for  the  important  concepts 
of  respect,  responsibility  and 
kindness. 

Joining  the  proceedings  on 
a  night  oft  from  the  serious 
and  often  dangerous  profes¬ 
sional  duties  that  occupy  his 
time  was  Fall  River  Police 
Officer  John  Lapointe.  He 
spoke  to  those  assembled, 
challenging  them  to  make 
good  choices,  resist  the  temp¬ 
tations  of  gang  activity  and 
avoid  violence  in  their  lives. 
Standing  before  the  large 
group  of  fresh  faces,  he  served 
up  rapid-fire  questions, 
tossing  Frisbees  to  those  pro¬ 
viding  the  correct  answers. 

The  usually  soft-spoken 
veteran  officer  has  a  lot  of 
answers  when  it  comes  to 
keeping  kids  safe  and  teaching 
them  about  the  very  real  dan¬ 
gers  of  gang  life.  He  knows 
the  colors  they  wear,  the  signs 
they  flash  to  both  friends 
and  rivals  and,  tragically,  the 
downward  spiral  their  lives 


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The  finandal  crisis  facing 
Massachusetts  would  have  been 
exacerbated  if  the  income  tax  had 
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IT  MIKE  MORAN 


Mike  Moran  is  a  well-known 
SouthCoast  media  personality. 

His  column  appears  in  The  Herald 
News  every  Thursday.  E-mail  him 

at  mikemoranfr@aol.com. 


inevitably  take.  He  and  fre¬ 
quent  partner  Officer  Brett 
Kimball  have  visited  all  cor¬ 
ners  of  the  city  over  the  past 
few  years,  raising  awareness 
about  the  presence  of  gangs 
in  Fall  River  and  the  attempts 
by  gang  leaders  to  seek  out 
vulnerable  kids  who  will  add 
to  their  ranks. 

On  this  Friday  evening, 
Officer  Lapointe  didn't  have 
to  break  up  a  fight  or  make 
an  arrest  on  one  of  the  streets 
where  he  grew  up.  Instead,  he 
was  there  on  the  club’s  hard¬ 
wood  floor  to  teach,  to  inspire 
and  do  the  other  things  he'll 
tell  you  with  humility  are  just 
part  of  the  job. 

But  John  Lapointe  wasn  t 
on  the  job  Friday  night  —  not 
technically.  As  he  has  for  the 
past  four  years,  this  22-year 
career  officer  was  volun¬ 
teering  his  time  at  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club.  By  meeting 
with  kids  there,  he  hopes  to 
prevent  future  meetings  with 
them  on  the  streets  under  less 


positive  circumstances. 

It’s  a  complete  understate¬ 
ment  to  say  that  Fall  River 
is  fortunate  to  have  the  Boys 
and  Girls  Club  firmly  planted 
in  its  Bedford  Street  neigh¬ 
borhood.  Talk  even  briefly  to 


Peter  McCarthy,  the  club’s 
executive  director,  and  you 
will  immediately  recognize 
the  passion  and  enthusiasm 
that  drive  him  every  dav. 

You’ll  also  understand  how 
this  remarkable  facility  is 
changing  lives  for  the  better 
—  teaching  kids  every  day 
about  the  important  lessons 
of  teamwork  and  cooperation 
And  if  ever  there  was 
an  organization  that  exem¬ 
plifies  the  life-affirming 
rewards  given  to  those  who 
reject  violence,  it’s  the  Katie 
Brown  Educational  Program. 
Formed  following  the  need¬ 
less  and  tragic  death  of  the 
organization’s  namesake, 

KBEP  very  effectively  teaches 
that  relationships  are  never 
held  together  by  violence  and 
that  those  who  settle  their 
scores  with  brutality  never 
truly  win  any  fight. 

Communities  are  made 
better  when  skilled  indi¬ 
viduals  and  organizations 
create  strong  partnerships 
and  channel  their  energies  to 
improve  the  quality  of  life  for 
all.  We  can  only  hope  that  the 
week-long  series  of  activities 
supported  by  the  Boys  and 
Girls  Club,  the  Katie  Brown 
Educational  Program  and  the 
Fall  River  Police  Department 
will  create  a  hunger  for  non¬ 
violence  and  a  repudiation  of 
gang  life  for  the  children  who 
participated. 

At  a  time  in  their  lives 
when  acceptance  by  peers 
and  being  cool  represent  such 
desirable  goals,  it’s  essential 
that  young  people  realize 
that  the  ideas  represented 
by  the  simple  Peace  Pledge 
they  recited  are  important  to 
embrace. 

We  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude 
to  those  in  our. community 
who  make  it  their  highest 
priority  to  ensure  the  safety 
of  children  and  who  reinforce 
the  fundamental  idea  that 
opposing  violence  is  not  a 
sign  of  weakness,  but  one  of 
strength. 

That  priority  was  strongly 
emphasized  in  Fall  River  last 
Friday,  and  that’s  very  big 


COMMUNITY  PHOTOS 


THE 


ClUB 


ist  for  more  than  10  years,  is 
also  a  member  of  the  muse¬ 
um’s  Executive  Board. 

“You  see  things  differently 
through  the  lens  of  a  camera,” 
Snizek  says.  “We  taught  the 
students  to  frame  their  shots 
in  different  ways,  using  differ¬ 
ent  angles  and  perspectives. 
Photography  isn’t  just  about 
taking  pictures,  it’s  about 
telling  stories.  We  were  look¬ 
ing  for  the  students  to  docu¬ 
ment  their  lives  and  develop 
a  greater  appreciation  for 
the  world  around  them  and 
greater  insight  into  their  own 
community." 

"Each  image  tells  a  story 
that  otherwise  wouldn’t  be 
told,"  Snizek  says.  "It  freezes 
a  moment  in  time,  and  allows 
the  photographer  to  take  a 
step  back  to  study  a  scene 
from  different  perspectives." 

“What  intrigued  me  was 
the  students’  interest,"  says 
Ray  Gordon,  executive  direc¬ 
tor  of  the  Children’s  Museum 
of  Greater  Fall  River  Inc.  “They 
went  beyond  just  going  to 
class  and  really  used  the  op¬ 
portunity  to  express  them¬ 
selves  passionately." 

"I  was  very  impressed  with 
the  students’  curiosity  and 
enthusiasm  for  the  project," 
earn 


CLASS  MENTOR:  Lead  Educator  Rick  Snizek,  editor  of  the 
Fall  River  Spirit,  reviews  student  Cody  Victoria's  work. 


Snizek  says.  "They  really 


worked  hard  to  implement 
the  techniques  we  discussed 
in  class.” 

Thomas  Chew  Memorial 
Boys  &  Girls  Club  Executive 
Director  Peter  McCarthy 
provided  classroom  space  for 
the  project,  and  staff  mem¬ 
bers  Adam  Coderre  and  Scott 
Dooley  were  invaluable  to 
Museum  staff  presenting  the 
program,  including  Gordon, 


V'zM 


Submitted  Pmoti 

Girls  Club  "Stay  in  School"  program  to  celebratethe  company  s  partnership  with  the  YMCA. 

DONATION 

Boys  and  Girls  Club  gets  $10K 


FALL  RIVER  —  Travelers 
Insurance  has  donated 
$10,000  to  the  Boys  and  Girls 
Club  of  Fall  River  in  support 
of  Stay  in  School.  , 

“Stay  in  School”  was 


established  to  ensure  that 
club  members  complete  high  ^ 
school  and  earn  a  diploma. 
The  club  recruits  and  sup¬ 
ports  at-risk  teens  through 
education,  work  force/career 


training  and  financial  man¬ 
agement  counseling.  Stay 
in  School  activities  include 
tutoring,  job  interview  prac¬ 
tice,  resume  assistance  and 
graduation  incentives. 


WONDERFULLY  CROWDED:  More  than  250 
night  of  "Fall  River  As  I  See  It." 


Sbrega,  board  Vice  President 
Dave  Costa,  Treasurer  Artie 
Anderson  and  members  Di¬ 
ane  Gouveia,  Odette  Amarelo 
and  Nathan  Amaral.  Costa,  a 
commercial  graphic  designer, 
spoke  to  the  students  about 
careers  in  commercial  pho¬ 
tography. 

Rochelle  Pettenati,  an  art 
teacher  in  the  Fall  River  Public 
School  System,  was  another 
guest  speaker,  and  presented 
a  program  on  scrapbooking 
the  images  the  students  took. 

The  project  benefitted  from 
grants  from  the  Mass  Cul¬ 
tural  Council,  the  Community 
Foundation  of  Southeastern 
Mass,  The  Dept,  of  Elemen¬ 
tary  and  Secondary  Education 
through  the  McKinney- Vento 
Homeless  Education  Grant, 
the  Local  Cultural  Council  of 
Fall  River  and  the  Fall  River 
School  Dept.  The  cameras 
were  purchased  at  Wal-Mart, 
which  also  donated  funds  to 
the  program.  The  students 
were  allowed  to  keep  the 
cameras. 

Projects  such  as  “Fall  River: 
As  I  See  It"  have  been  intro¬ 
duced  to  children  around  the 
world,  notably  documented 

photo  by  brenton  SNIZEK/Faii  River  Spl  in  the  2005  film  by  Zana  Briski 
neoDle  attended  the  openind  and  Ross  Kauffman,  "Born 
H  y  HCbb*  I  into  Brothels,"  a  project  in 

which  children  in  India  were 
taught  how  to  use  a  camera 
to  begin  recording  the  world 
around  them.  Briski  has 
continued  this  work  through  a 
non-profit  organization  called 
Kids  with  Cameras. 

Gallery  hours  are  Monday, 
Wednesday,  and  Saturday 
from  1  p.m.  to  4  p.m.;  Thesday, 
Thursday,  and  Friday  from  10 
a.m.  to  1  p.m.  Admission  is 
free  and  open  to  the  public. 
For  more  information,  please 
call  (508) -678-281 1,  ext.  2631. 

See  additional  photos  from 
this  story  atfallriverspirit.com. 


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